By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Personnel at U.S. Central Command have deleted files and emails amid allegations that intelligence assessments were altered to exaggerate progress against Islamic State militants,… Read more »

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama’s choice to serve as Education Secretary says he rose to his current position because New York City public school teachers… Read more »

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a “passive” approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president’s health care… Read more »

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama urged the Republican-run Senate on Wednesday to fulfill its “constitutional responsibility” and consider his Supreme Court nominee,… Read more »

(WASHINGTON, AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday Republicans are taking legal steps to stop President Barack Obama from closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ryan told reporters that… Read more »

By ROBERT BURNS & MAGGIE MICHAEL                                                                                                                   Associated Press (WASHINGTON) — American warplanes struck an Islamic State training camp in Libya near the Tunisian border Friday, and a Tunisian described as… Read more »

By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama is looking to nominate a Supreme Court candidate who has enjoyed past Republican support, Vice President Joe Biden said, offering some… Read more »

By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press (WASHINTON, AP) — Republicans are near-unanimous in demanding that President Barack Obama leave it to his successor to nominate a candidate to fill the Supreme Court seat… Read more »

By ERIC TUCKER and JIM SALTER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Justice Department enters its court fight against the city of Ferguson with the apparent upper hand, given a months-long investigation… Read more »

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The main thing to know about President Barack Obama’s final, $4 trillion budget is that it comes on the same day as the New… Read more »