A group of students heckled President Obama in October about a campaign promise to spend $50 billion over five years to fight AIDS overseas.
Unlike the first generation of patient-activists, this crop is composed of public health scholars, mostly heterosexual.
An exhaustive study said that 70 percent of surveyed service members believe that the impact on their units would be positive, mixed or of no consequence at all.
Many Muslim leaders applauded the F.B.I.’s efforts in the failed bombing plot in Portland, Ore., but some said that cases like that one risk undermining the trust of Muslim communities.
The inventor of a tabletop Christmas tree is suing the maker of a similar product in the latest legal battle between two Maine companies.
Supporters were pressing for passage of the Dream Act while Democrats still control both houses of Congress.
A second judge has upheld the constitutionality of the health care law enacted by Congress.
U.S. and foreign airlines will no longer be responsible for matching names of passengers against the terror watch list.
Most of the justices seemed convinced that conditions in California’s prisons violate the Constitution, but it was not clear that a majority was ready to require a reduction in the prison population.
Public incentives, skilled manufacturing workers and ready materials have helped the sector flourish.
The 20,000 people who are invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for holiday parties will be offered snacks and desserts that reflect a new paradigm: fresh, healthful and local food.
Exploring how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have profoundly redefined the role of women in the military.
Photos of some of Harry S. Truman’s homes in Independence, Mo., the differing fates of which reflect the current circumstances of this city.
As we mark the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, we remember the fallen service members who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Disagreements within President Obama’s debt-reduction commission underscore the reluctance of both parties to risk short-term political backlash in pursuit of long-term fiscal health.
The bill would give the Food and Drug Administration new powers to order recalls, increase inspections, oversee farming and hold companies accountable.
Diplomatic cables highlight Washington and Pakistan’s differences over the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Blackwater tried to find business offering protection from Somali pirates and sought the aid of the American Embassy in Djibouti, a 2009 cable said.
After several months in Afghanistan, soldiers of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry describe their experiences with combat.
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