On Friday, President Obama previewed the upcoming release of a Senate report into the CIA’s rendition, detention and interrogation practices after the attacks of September 11, 2001, saying “We crossed a line and that needs to be understood and accepted”
The new figure neither meets the 233,000 jobs that some analysts expected, nor did it prevent unemployment from slightly rising to 6.2%
A former CDC official says curbing the outbreak—720 dead in West Africa—is a "huge logistical undertaking" but that good old-fashioned legwork is crucial
Hours after the 72-hour cease-fire was supposed to go into effect Friday morning, a group of Israeli soldiers dismantling a tunnel in the Gaza Strip came under attack and one was captured, the Israeli military says, leaving the future of Israel's war in Gaza uncertain
One day after the House GOP leadership pulled its bill to address the ongoing border crisis, it garnered enough confidence to put an altered version on the floor. The $694 million bill would double the amount of National Guard funding for border state governors
Facing a dire financial situation, the TV-streaming service Aereo asked a federal court for an emergency ruling on its application to operate as a cable TV service, a move that would allow the company to begin earning revenue for the first time since June 28
The Senate on Friday rushed through a $225 million bill to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome, credited with shooting down dozens of Palestinian rockets during the Gaza war, and House approval is expected in the final hours before lawmakers begin summer break
The tech giant has closed its biggest-ever acquisition to bring high-end headphone maker and music-streaming service Beats into the company; Apple reportedly offered jobs to all Beats employees but conceded that some of them were for a "limited period" only
The FBI arrested six Philadelphia officers in an ongoing federal corruption probe and charged them with stealing more than a half-million dollars worth of property, drugs and cash between February 2006 and November 2012
Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, whose term would have continued through a lame duck session until January, said he is stepping down on Aug. 18 and has asked Virginia's governor for a special election in November to pick his replacement
There's not much information yet, but a sneak peek behind the fourth season of HBO's Girls, due to air in 2015, includes the Her writer and director making a guest appearance as a character called Marcos
A Liberian asylum-seeker was tested for Ebola-like symptoms at a British immigration center earlier this week, The Telegraph reported Thursday. The day before, media outlets said another man had been similarly examined in Birmingham, England. Both tested negative for the often-fatal virus
