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In this May 21, 2014, photo, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and China's President Xi Jinping, right, smile during signing ceremony in Shanghai, China. China signed a long-awaited, 30-year deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth some $400 billion in a financial and diplomatic boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin. The Obama administration is playing down an increasingly warm relationship between its main global rivals, China and Russia, that it may have inadvertently encouraged.

Analysis: US plays down warming China-Russia ties

Matthew Lee · May 23, 2014 7:59 am

National Security

U-2 plane, Warthog, ships: defense bill highlights

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 7:51 am

Las Vegas, Cincinnati drop out for GOP convention

STEVE PEOPLESPHILIP ELLIOTT · May 23, 2014 1:41 am

FILE - This May 9, 2014, photo shows the South Portico of the White House in Washington. Frustrated by criticism of President Barack Obama's foreign policy, White House officials have been holding private meetings this week aimed at soothing lawmakers' concerns over the U.S. posture in Syria, the future of the American military presence in Afghanistan, and defense spending. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House looks to soothe lawmaker frustrations

JULIE PACEDONNA CASSATA · May 23, 2014 1:20 am

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Baseball Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson,left, and hall of fame member Andre Dawson, inducted in 2010, holds up Babe Ruth's bat during a tour the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., Thursday, May 22, 2014. Obama visited the museum to highlight tourism and steps to help spur international visits to the 50 states. Obama said the overall U.S. economy and local businesses will benefit if it isn't a hassle for people from other countries to visit the U.S. and spend money at its hotels, restaurants, tourist destinations and other businesses. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama promotes foreign tourism in upstate NY

Darlene Superville · May 23, 2014 1:05 am

National Security

House defies Pentagon on defense spending

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 12:12 am

In a reversal, FBI will begin recording interviews

In a reversal, FBI will begin recording interviews

Eric Tucker · May 22, 2014 10:55 pm

In this May 15, 2014, photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki speaks with the news media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shinseki would be granted more authority to fire or demote senior executives under a bill headed to the House floor. The measure comes as pressure builds on Capitol Hill to overhaul the beleaguered agency in response to allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Veteran health care woes become campaign issue

Matthew Daly · May 22, 2014 10:53 pm

IRS: 318,000 fed workers owe $3.3B in back taxes

IRS: 318,000 fed workers owe $3.3B in back taxes

Alan Fram · May 22, 2014 10:52 pm

IRS delaying rules on tax-exempt political groups

IRS delaying rules on tax-exempt political groups

Andrew Taylor · May 22, 2014 10:22 pm

Senate panel backs arming Syrian rebels

Senate panel backs arming Syrian rebels

Donna Cassata · May 22, 2014 10:20 pm

In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. An Air Force security team's botched response to a simulated assault on a nuclear missile silo has prompted a blistering review followed by expanded training to deal with the nightmare scenario of a real attack. But an internal review of the exercise held last summer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana said the security forces were unable to speedily regain control of the captured silo, and called this a "critical deficiency." The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report through a Freedom of Information Act request. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, John Parie)

National Security

AP Exclusive: Botched nuclear silo drill revealed

Robert Burns · May 22, 2014 9:20 pm