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  • FILE - This undated file photo shows the National Registry Office for Classified Information, also known as ORNISS, in a busy residential neighborhood minutes from the center of Romania’s capital city of Bucharest. Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison in Romania about a decade ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, asked his jailers whether he could embark on an unusual project: Would the spy agency allow Mohammed, who had earned his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, to design a vacuum cleaner? The agency officer in charge of the prison called CIA headquarters and a manager approved the request, a former senior CIA official told The Associated Press.

    Harry Potters series favorite at CIA black site

    Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison in Romania about a decade ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, asked his jailers whether he could embark on an unusual project: Would the spy agency allow Mohammed, who had earned his bachelor's in mechanical engineering, to design a vacuum cleaner? Photo Gallery Available

  • Stand with Texas Women bus tour draws crowd at Fort Worth stop

    A crowd of more than 1,400 women’s advocates gathered in Fort Worth on Wednesday to take a stand for reproductive rights. “I want you to be angry and remember,” Davis said after referring to her filibuster, which helped stop a bill that would further regulate abortions.

  • In this file photo, a detainee is escorted by military police at Guantanamo Navy Base, Aug. 26, 2004 in Guantanamo, Cuba.

    Guantánamo genital searches halted

    A federal judge has ordered the government to stop genital searches of Guantánamo Bay detainees who want to meet with their lawyers. Photo Gallery Available

  • FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Paul has introduced a bill to halt the $1.5 billion in annual U.S. aid to Egypt, the first such legislation since the military's overthrow of the government.

    Paul brings bill to halt US aid to Egypt post-coup

    A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill Thursday to halt the $1.5 billion in annual U.S. aid to Egypt, the first such legislation since last week's military overthrow of the government.

  • Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. rides an escalator on Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, as senators rushed to the floor for a vote to end debate on the Democrats' plan to restore lower interest rates on student loans one week after Congress' inaction caused those rates to double. The White House and most Senate Democrats favored restoring interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans to 3.4 percent for another year, but lawmakers failed to muster the necessary 60 votes to overcome a procedural hurdle.

    Senators try again to lower student loan rates

    Senators are back to the starting line in their search for a compromise that would reduce interest rates on student loans after being spooked by the $22 billion price tag that accompanied a potential deal. Photo Gallery Available

  • This Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo in Bow, N.H. shows one of New Hampshire's two coal-fired power plants. In the days since Obama announced strict rules on carbon dioxide emissions it has raised new questions about the fate of New Hampshire's coal-fired power plants.

    Report: Climate change causing energy disruptions

    Climate change and extreme weather already are causing disruptions in the U.S. energy supply that are likely to worsen as more intense storms, higher temperatures and more frequent droughts occur, the government says in a new report. Photo Gallery Available

  • In this image from Senate Television, Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks on the Senate floor Thursday morning, July 11, 2013, in Washington. Triggering an unusually personal clash, Democrats threatened to change Senate rules unilaterally if Republicans block yes-or-no votes on several of President Barack Obama’s top-level nominees, including some long in confirmation limbo. Reid set the day’s events in motion with a searing speech accusing Republicans of trying to deny Obama the right to have his team in place. From the Senate floor he accused the Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, of failing to live up to his commitments to allow votes on all but the most extraordinary circumstances. Moments later, McConnell said Reid was misquoting him and at the same time failing to honor his own word not to change the rules of the Senate unilaterally.

    Reid, McConnell clash harshly over nominations

    Triggering an unusually personal clash, Democrats threatened Thursday to change Senate rules unilaterally if Republicans block yes-or-no votes on several of President Barack Obama's top-level nominees, including some long in confirmation limbo. Photo Gallery Available

  • US envoy confident on deal with Afghans on troops

    Facing sharp criticism from a Senate panel, a senior Obama administration official expressed optimism Thursday that the U.S. will reach an agreement with the Afghan government allowing American troops to remain in the country beyond 2014.

  • Obama to host Vietnam's president at White House

    The White House says President Barack Obama will meet with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang later this month at the White House.

  • Obama to meet with Greek leader in August

    The White House says Greece's leader will meet with President Barack Obama next month at the White House.

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