Politics

As India grows in strategic importance to the U.S., so too does its political profile in Washington. Full Story »

It became clear early in his administration that Barack Obama's White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.” Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia free trade pact came and went this month with the Obama administration still negotiating the fine print, Congress showing little interest and business groups frustrated by the lack of action on trade deals. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, newly released studies say. Full Story »

• Video: U.S. downplays climate change talks Reuters

TRENTON, N.J. - Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey as "an intermediary step" that could lead to a run for the White House. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. Full Story »

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq's national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation of seats in parliament. Full Story »

• Slideshow: U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraqi cities

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Two suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents have been charged with attempting to kill an off-duty police officer near the province's border with the Republic of Ireland last week, police said Tuesday. Full Story »

UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a Network of Men Leaders on Tuesday to act as role models in the global campaign to end the "pandemic" of violence against women. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — In a preview of his speech next week announcing his plan to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama Tuesday vowed that he'll "finish the job" of stabilizing the country and destroying the al Qaida terror network. Full Story »

When President Obama announced plans to give a speech to the nation's schoolchildren in September, it set off a frenzy among conservative commentators who deemed it, in the words of Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer, an attempt to "indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda." Full Story »