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.
Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz accused some of his fellow GOP contenders of being afraid to take on gay and lesbian rights advocates over Indiana's controversial religious-freedom legislation, which LGBT groups have dismissed as discriminatory.
Secretary Julian Castro, who it has been suggested could be Hillary Clinton's running partner, came to the defense of the Democratic presidential candidate over the inquiry into her State Department emails.
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said he would not support some of the Supreme Court's decisions, which hinted at his stance on same-sex marriage. The former governor told Fox News' Chris Wallace he would defy court rulings despite the principle of judicial review.
Thousands of motorcycle riders poured into Washington, DC on Sunday to pay tribute to military veterans, prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action at the annual Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Procession.
At 3 p.m., everyone should pause to remember America's fallen heroes. Many Americans are celebrating Memorial Day as time to be with family, grill out with lots of food and drinks, and by enjoying a day off of work.
There are plenty of ways to celebrate Memorial Day across the U.S. this year. There are plenty of ways to celebrate Memorial Day across the U. S. this year.
Senior editor at The Atlantic and conservative pundit David Frum caused a mini-tweet storm late last week when he suggested that California's immigration population is at least partly to blame for California's epic drought and subsequent ongoing water crisis.
In addition to taking historic steps to normalize U.S. and Cuban relations, President Barack Obama may become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Havana in decades.
An 11-year-old boy made history at the American River College in Sacramento in California on Wednesday by becoming the youngest person to graduate from the school.
More than a year after he was gunned down by police in a darkened in the stairwell of a darkened East New York housing project, the family of unarmed Akai Gurley has filed a wrongful-death suit naming the city and New York Police Department as primary defendants.
President Barack Obama has moved one stepped closer to the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive trade deal currently being negotiated between the U.S. and 11 Latin American and Asian countries.
Two men in Southern California were taken into federal custody on Thursday after allegedly conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the ranks with the Islamic State, an extreme Muslim terror group.
Hundreds of demonstrators held a peaceful rally in Olympia, Washington Thursday evening following the shooting of two unarmed black men by a white cop.
