Obama sworn in as 44th President in Washington
Vice-President Joe Biden, his wife, Jill, Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama waves at former President George Bush leaves the Capitol in a military helicopter following the Obama Inauguration Ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 20, 2009. (UPI Photo/John Anderson)
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters enjoyed lunch at a Dublin-area pub Tuesday with Bono during a whirlwind visit to Ireland.
NASA says it is instituting a "Grand Challenge," with the goal of finding all asteroid threats to human populations and deciding what to do about them.
Group of Eight leaders emphasized the need for a political settlement in Syria in a statement issued Tuesday as the summit in Northern Ireland ended.
Secretary of State John Kerry named former Sen. Russ Feingold special representative for Africa's Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dozen of plots against U.S. and foreign targets have been thwarted by analyzing secretly obtained telephone data, intelligence officials said Tuesday.
Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri Tuesday became the latest big-name supporter to endorse Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
Cybersecurity threats are among the most serious international security challenges of the 21st Century, a statement from the United States and Russia said.
A majority of Americans oppose the United States and its allies arming anti-government groups in Syria, a Pew Research Center poll indicated.
The administration of U.S. President Obama has made progress on anti-gun violence initiatives through executive actions, a report indicates.
More than $70 million in U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is on hold because of concerns about President Hamid Karzai, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said.
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