WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's choice to be the new secretary of commerce is a powerful Democratic fundraiser and hometown friend whose family's role in a controversial bank failure might raise questions during her Senate confirmation.

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MEXICO CITY -- Authorities on Tuesday captured the father-in-law of the powerful chief of the Sinaloa Cartel, chalking up a victory against crime in a week in which President Barack Obama is to travel to Mexico.

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WASHINGTON -- The CIA, the Justice Department and Homeland Security Department have launched a high-level internal review of whether intelligence was mishandled prior to the bombings of the Boston Marathon, officials said.

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BALTIMORE -- Administrative law judges who evaluate disability claims for the Social Security Administration want a federal court to ease a workload that they say makes errors more likely -- the latest in a series of challenges confronting the ...

WASHINGTON -- Even as the White House said it still lacked proof that Syria unleashed chemical weapons against its people, President Barack Obama on Monday raised the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to reach out one of ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama nominated Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx on Monday to be his next transportation secretary, choosing a rising star from his own party to follow a popular Republican skilled at working across the aisle.

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