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Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott gestures as he speaks about the nation's new anti-extremism strategy during a question time at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Australia stops 230 travelers from leaving to join Islamic State

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2015 1:08 pm

Peter King was not supportive of President Obama's announcement Tuesday on his administration's decision to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through 2015. (AP Photo)

Peter King calls Obama a ‘reluctant warrior’ over halting Afghanistan troop withdrawal

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2015 11:50 am

Ted Cruz on similarities to Sen. Obama: ‘He was basically a backbencher,’ I am not

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2015 11:16 am

Forty-six percent of the government is funded by individual income taxes. (iStock Photo)

Here’s who pays for the U.S. government

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 6:17 pm

In this March 13, 2015 photo, tourists ride a double-decker bus backdropped by an iron sculpture of Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on the facade of the Ministry of Interior in Revolution Square, in Havana, Cuba. Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks after Washington said it would renew ties with Havana. In February, they were up 187 percent; and so far this month, nearly 250 percent. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Treasury Department removes dozens of Cuban companies from U.S. blacklist

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 4:42 pm

Majority-Christian Ethiopia has angered Islamic groups due to its periodic armed conflicts with neighboring Somalia, which is mainly Muslim. (AP Photo)

National Security

Islamic State recruits 400 Syrian children to fight

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 4:09 pm

The most important signatory? Tom Harkin -- though he has retired from the Senate, his influence in Iowa Democratic circles remains strong. [AP Photo

Progressive PAC pushes candidates to embrace more liberal ideas

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 3:35 pm

The execution chamber at the Utah State Prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad Friday, June 18, 2010. The bullet holes are visible in the wood panel behind the chair. Gardner was convicted of aggravated murder, a capital felony, in 1985. (AP Photo/Trent Nelson - Pool)

Amid lethal drug shortage, Utah legalizes execution by firing squad

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 1:03 pm

Rand Paul touts better ‘winnability’ than Cruz

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 12:02 pm

National Security

Report: Israel spied on U.S.-Iran nuclear talks

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 11:08 am

Opponents of Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba are bracing for new details of the administration's plans. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nearly six in 10 Americans want Obama’s successor to repeal his policies

Kelly Cohen · March 23, 2015 3:44 pm

On Saturday, a group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division posted the names, addresses, photos and ranks of 100 military personnel from the Air Force, Army and Navy, urging supporters to kill them, according to terrorist monitoring group SITE Intelligence.Â (John Moore/Getty Images)

National Security

Marine Corps head asks for ‘vigilance’ after Islamic State online threat

Kelly Cohen · March 23, 2015 12:11 pm