Susan Ferrechio

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President Obama delivers remarks and takes reporters' questions in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Absent Obama will play starring role on campaign trail anyway

Susan Ferrechio · September 22, 2014 9:00 am

Israeli soldiers walk next to an armoured bulldozer in an army deployment training area in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the border with Syria on August 28, 2013. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty images)

National Security

Congress ducks military authorization vote, for now

Susan Ferrechio · September 22, 2014 9:00 am

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said the United States is hardly alone in the quest to defeat the Islamic terrorists. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Power: We are not coordinating with Iran against Islamic terrorists

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 9:27 pm

Landrieu ‘keg stand’ photo making rounds on social media

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 9:00 pm

Afghanistan's presidential election candidates Abdullah Abdullah, left, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, right, prepare to leave after signing a power-sharing deal at the presidential palace in Kabul, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Obama congratulates new power-sharing leaders in Afghanistan

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 8:00 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said on "Face the Nation" Sunday that the threat of Khorasan is "more immediate" than the Islamic State, which the United States is targeting with airstrikes. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

National Security

New terror group could pose bigger threat to U.S. than ISIS

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 6:26 pm

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that Congress must reconvene after the November election to debate a measure authorizing President Obama to use military force in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

National Security

Feinstein: Congress must debate military force against Islamic State

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 5:22 pm

The White House is framed with the fence on the North side of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The Secret Service is coming under renewed scrutiny after a man scaled the White House fence and made it all the way through the front door before he was apprehended. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Peter King: We’ll investigate Secret Service over White House breach

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 5:05 pm

The survey, released Sunday, found state Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Charlie Baker each with 42 percent of support among likely voters in the Bay State. (AP Photos)

Poll shows Massachusetts race for governor is tied

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 2:13 pm

In wake of intruder, Secret Service will increase White House security

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 1:59 pm

Rep. Paul Davis, a Democrat, takes a turn during his gubernatorial Debate against Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, at the Kansas State Fair Sept. 6 Hutchinson, Kan. (AP Photo/The Hutchinson News, Lindsey Bauman)

Kansas police chief: Dem candidate for gov was not subject of strip club raid

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2014 12:03 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis answers questions during a debate with incumbent Republican Gov. Sam Brownback at the Kansas State Fair Sept. 6 in Hutchinson, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas Democratic candidate explains 1998 strip club incident

Susan Ferrechio · September 20, 2014 9:21 pm