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First lady Michelle Obama listens as a 6th grade class talks about a class trip they took to China, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School in Washington.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden calls Venezuela's situation alarming in remarks published Sunday, suggesting its government is using "armed vigilantes" against peaceful protesters and accusing it of "concocting false and outlandish conspiracy theories" about the United States.

President Barack Obama is squeezing in another round of golf before his family vacation in southern Florida comes to an end.

California Democrats meeting in Los Angeles on Sunday were set to adopt a platform likely to call for an inflation-adjusted minimum wage, dramatic cuts in military spending, and tighter campaign finance and disclosure laws.

Two years ago, Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., was paralyzed on his left side by a stroke.

An 89-year-old U.S. World War Two veteran who was wounded when his plane crashed in occupied France in 1944 received a Purple Heart medal on Saturday, an honor he declined 70 years ago.

One day after riveting a packed convention ballroom, tea party darling Sen. Rand Paul topped the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, his second consecutive victory in the conservative confab's contest.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has discussed with Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy leaders about an Army review that disqualified 588 soldiers from posts as sexual assault counselors and whether Your Take contributions have not been reviewed for accuracy by USA TODAY.

Russia's high-stakes intervention in Ukraine-including its support for the secession of Crimea-will dominate this Sunday's network news shows.

The late Sen. Arlen Specter drew a slew of death threats while in office, according to FBI records.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul brought the house down Friday at one of the country's largest summits for grassroots conservatives with a stinging indictment of President Barack Obama and an impassioned plea to defend civil liberties.

Republicans, looking for ways to turn November's congressional elections into a referendum on President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, are trying to portray Obamacare as a danger to Medicare.

Many of the headlines after day two of the Conservative Political Action Conference were about Rick Perry's well-received speech, in which he harped on what he deemed the "two Americas": red-state America and blue-state America.

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C, October 29, 2013.

Gardner's recent decision to challenge Mark Udall , above, likely altered the Democratic Party's estimates of how much money it would be forced to spend there this fall.

When Idaho Gov. Butch Otter portrayed a corrupt sheriff in a low-budget Western movie that was later edited and rereleased as a soft-core pornographic film, he kept his clothes on.

Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign launched a new radio ad that calls attacks from his primary challenger Matt Bevin "absurd, wrong and ridiculous."

European shares slipped in early trade on Friday as investors trod a cautious path in case of another escalation in tensions between Russia and Ukraine over the weekend.

Customs officials refuse to disclose names, criminal histories and whereabouts on more than 2,200 detainees released a year ago.

In an interview with his local newspaper, Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa said he has apologized to Rep. Elijah E. Cummings for cutting off his microphone at a Wednesday hearing - although in a separate interview he told Fox News that Cummings had a "hissy fit" and "broke the decorum of the House."