By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Obama administration is expanding a program to let would-be migrants from Central America apply for refugee status before they attempt to come to… Read more »

By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says that Iran will likely be in compliance with a landmark nuclear deal within days, and other officials say… Read more »

By NANCY BENAC (WASHINGTON, AP) — The White House is promising a nontraditional address for President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union. But, no, don’t look for him to… Read more »

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama’s executive actions on guns have sparked renewed debate about how far the government should go in limiting gun sales. Obama… Read more »

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — For months, U.S. employers have steadily added jobs even as global growth has flagged and financial markets have sunk. Friday’s jobs report for… Read more »

By BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — A dummy U.S. Hellfire missile was mistakenly shipped from Europe to Cuba in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The inert missile did… Read more »

By JOSH LEDERMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama’s plan to strengthen controls on guns in the U.S. is meeting swift resistance from gun rights groups, Republicans and even a… Read more »

By GEOFF MULVIHILL (TRENTON, N.J., AP) — Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues. Restrictions on carrying guns will ease… Read more »

By LOLITA C. BALDOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — The first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next week, as the… Read more »

By DAVID WARREN and REESE DUNKLIN (GARLAND, Texas, AP) — As residents of North Texas surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes, the same storm system brought winter storm woes to the… Read more »