Less than 3 hours after the symbolic farewell of outgoing Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the John Boehner and other GOP leaders pulled a much-touted bill meant to address the crisis of unaccompanied minors streaming across the country's southwest border by the thousands
The Obama administration issued a tough critique of the Israeli shelling of a U.N. school-turned-shelter for Palestinian civilians on Wednesday
Israel has pledged to keep up the offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza until the tunnels it claims are facilitating Hamas' attacks are destroyed
BBC America announced Thursday that it will hold midnight theatrical screenings of the premiere of the new season of Doctor Who on August 23 in 12 cities. Season eight is the first to star Peter Capaldi in the lead role
When Obama said that adding female faces to our cash sounded like a "pretty good idea," the Internet came alive with suggestions--from Ruth Bader Ginsberg to Beyonce. But then there's that old gender wage gap to consider. So here's what the bills might really look like
A report from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Inspector General faulted agency employees for improperly accessing Senate staffers' computers during an investigation into Bush-era CIA interrogation practices
Calling the disease a "dreadful and merciless virus," the CDC director advised against all non-essential travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in response to the outbreak ravaging those West African countries
International investigators have reached the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 for the first time since the jet was downed by a missile in eastern Ukraine on July 17; they had been blocked by fighting between pro-Russia separatists and the Ukrainian military
The South American nation failed to strike a deal to avert its second debt default in 13 years, leaving political leaders in a state of deep denial. "Who believes in credit rating agencies at this stage?" said the nation's Economy Minister
A new analysis from Consumer Reports calls out the Food and Drug Administration for inconsistent and potentially dangerous labeling of acetaminophen painkillers, finding that nearly 17,000 people die each year from overdosing on them
The Attorney General told TIME in an interview he now opposes certain statistical tools used to determine jail time, citing concerns about equal justice in sentencing, which puts the White House at odds with an increasingly effective method for managing prison populations
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