The U.S. Iran nuclear deal, which President Obama announced Tuesday, could add 1 million barrels of crude oil to global markets and bring gas prices in the U.S. down to $2 a gallon.
In an interview with John Dickerson on CBS's "Face the Nation," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, discussed why the House of Representatives has not acted on immigration reform.
With President Barack Obama announcing on Wednesday that Washington and Havana were about to complete their rapprochement and restore full diplomatic relations, there remain only three countries in the world with with the United States has no official ties.
Iran has made it to an all important meeting in Vienna, with representatives of world powers, where it will discuss plans for its current nuclear program.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday blamed the Iraqi military's lack of "will to fight" for the ISIS takeover of the strategic town of Ramadi, while an Iranian general said it was the United States that was failing to confront the terrorist group, CNN and the Independent reported.
The Senate on Thursday prepared to hold a test vote on legislation allowing Congress to weigh in, and possibly reject, the nuclear deal the Obama administration is completing with Iran.
The Copa America is coming up soon and the South American sides are running out of preparation games. For Chile, its Wednesday match with Iran is its second-to-last before the nation hosts the biggest tournament.
Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio would "absolutely" defy U.S. allies to revoke any Iranian nuclear deal he might inherit from Barack Obama, the Florida senator said on Tuesday. The next president "should not be bound" by a potential agreement the Obama administration strikes with Iran, he added.
President Obama announced that he is "embarrassed" for the 47 Republican senators who signed an open letter to Iran undermining his credibility in securing a nuclear deal.
Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday that the letter 47 Republican senators sent to Iran's leaders was "beneath the dignity of an institution I revere." Led by Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, the lawmakers had cautioned Tehran that any deal it strikes with the United States on its nuclear program needed congressional approval.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday concluded three days of negotiations on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, and an unidentified senior State Department official said that both sides had inched closer to a deal.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday morning despite concerns from the White House and the absence of dozens of Democrats.
Iranian forces attacked a replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier during nationally televised large-scale naval drills on Wednesday. More than a dozen speedboats were involved in what the Associated Press dubbed a "show of force" near the strategically important entrance of the Persian Gulf.
Arab ambassadors in the United States have rejected Benjamin Netanyahu's invitation to attend his March 3 speech before the U.S. Congress. The Israeli prime minister had charged Ron Dermer, the Jewish state's top diplomat in Washington, with reaching out to his Arab counterparts.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Monday strongly criticized the deal that appears to be emerging from the talks on Iran's nuclear program, warning it would represent "a great danger to the peace of the Western world" and "a danger to the security of the state of Israel."
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined the Geneva negotiations over Iran's nuclear program on Monday as a two-phase deal between Washington and Tehran seemed to be taking shape.
Washington and Tehran are trying to narrow their differences over Iran's nuclear program in talks set to begin Friday in Geneva. Negotiators failed to meet a self-imposed deadline in November to end the 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear capabilities. Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats will now again try to strike a deal.
