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WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- President Obama will address the U.S. secret drone program's legality and his pledge to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a White House official said.
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's hosting of Myanmar's leader Monday highlights the administration's loyalty to governments that "embrace reform," the White House said.
MOSCOW, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. and Italian military inspectors this week will conduct observation flights over Russian territory under the Open Skies Treaty, officials said Monday.
ATLANTA, May 20 (UPI) -- President Obama Sunday told a Democratic National Committee event in Atlanta politics are to blame for the difficulty in getting anything done in Washington.
QUSAYR, Syria, May 20 (UPI) -- Syrian rebels expected a Syrian-regime onslaught backed by Hezbollah fighters of a contested city Monday after some of the civil war's most intense fighting.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., May 20 (UPI) -- Two FBI agents from an elite hostage rescue unit in Northern Virginia were killed Friday during a training exercise in Virginia Beach, the FBI said Sunday.
President Obama gets an 'F' for management
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 20 (UPI) -- By President Obama's own actions, he is arrogantly ambitious but sadly incompetent. He has corrupted the foundations of our republic and for that he gets a failing grade.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 20 (UPI) -- An investigation into the killing by the Philippines coast guard of a Taiwanese fisherman is focusing on whether rules of engagement were broken.
LONDON, May 20 (UPI) -- Maligned and unpopular as Europe's bankers are these days, they have certainly been earning their money. Seldom have they had to operate in such a challenging environment.
OMAHA, May 19 (UPI) -- Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency Sunday as at least 19 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa.
TOKYO, May 19 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will keep pressuring North Korea to settle the unresolved issue of the abductions of Japanese nationals.
MIAMI, May 19 (UPI) -- The lawsuit of a Florida Orthodox Jewish prison inmate to get kosher food that had been dismissed has now been reinstated, court records showed.
McConnell: White House operating 'culture of intimidation'
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sunday accused the Obama administration of operating "a culture of intimidation."
Criminal background checks don't predict college crime
AURORA, Colo., May 19 (UPI) -- Neither criminal background checks nor pre-admission screening questions identify students likely to commit crime on college campuses, U.S. researchers say.
Obama cheers on grads at black men's college
ATLANTA, May 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday urged graduates of Morehouse College to add "role model" to their goals in life, and not to focus only on material success.
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Singer Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 19, 2013. UPI/Jim Ruymen