A more congenial Rick Santorum doubled down on several controversial, and religiously laden, remarks in an interview Sunday morning on CBS's "Face the Nation," where he defended his recent claims that prenatal testing results in abortions, that federally provided education was "anachronistic," and that President Obama's policies are not "based...

Michele Bachmann lambasted President Barack Obama's foreign policy as his presidency's "worst act" in an interview Sunday on CNN, saying that critiques of it may open the door to effective attacks by Republicans in the general election.

"[The GOP candidates] understand foreign policy," Bachmann told CNN's Candy Crowley in the...

In a pointed attack on Mitt Romney ahead of the Michigan primary, Newt Gingrich said that any presidential candidate who loses his home state would be "badly weakened" and might have a hard time continuing in the race.

"There's a whole rationale which is now built on [Romney's] ability to...

WASHINGTON -- A military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities is "not prudent" at the present moment, America's top military official, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, told "CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS" in an interview set to air Sunday morning.

“It’s not prudent at this point to decide to attack...

WASHINGTON -- When an Egyptian military delegation abruptly halted its official visit to the United States earlier this month, amid a furious uproar over its government's investigation of several American non-governmental organization workers, they had to skip out on high level meetings with several senators.

But it turns...

WASHINGTON -- The author of a recent book on the Obama administration's efforts to solve the Iran nuclear crisis through diplomacy says he sees no "military solution" to the standoff -- and suggests that military action might only serve to enhance tensions over the issue.

Trita Parsi, the author of...

WASHINGTON -- The United States must not let itself slide into a war with Iran without more debate and deliberation, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told The Huffington Post late on Tuesday.

"The debate is not happening, and there needs to be a debate," Ellison said.

On Tuesday, Ellison -- along...

WASHINGTON -- When Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, arrived in Washington late last week, he came with a clear and direct message about the deteriorating situation in Syria.

"We have to focus on how to make humanitarian access possible for the Syrian people," he said at one of a series...

WASHINGTON -- The State Department did not improperly conduct its review of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Department's Office of the Inspector General concluded in a report delivered to Congress Thursday, and made available to The Huffington Post.

The report, which also addressed concerns raised...

WASHINGTON -- Top senators said Tuesday that the United States should begin thinking of arming the opposition in Syria, even as one suggested that military options might not be the best way forward.

"It should not be ruled out when [Syrian president] Bashar Assad is massacring his own people," said...

WASHINGTON -- A delegation of Egyptian military officials in town for high level meetings with their American counterparts canceled a series of meetings on Capitol Hill at the last minute Monday.

The Egyptian officials were expected to meet with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.)...

A visiting delegation of Egyptian military officials, in the United States for a routine tour and consultations, are likely to receive a rough welcome when they arrive on Capitol Hill this week for the last leg of their American venture.

On Sunday, the Egyptian government indicated that they...

WASHINGTON -- With the first anniversary of the popular uprising, and subsequent suppression, in Bahrain fast approaching, a number of human rights organizations are asking a dreaded question: What happens if there's another crackdown, and not enough international organizations are there to witness it?

This unlikely circumstance has started to...

WASHINGTON -- As diplomats at the United Nations pore over a draft resolution condemning the brutal Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, experts say that lingering discomfort over the execution of the Libya mission is playing a crucial, if under-discussed, role in the deliberations.

"The ghost of Libya is haunting the...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined her counterparts from around the world in a passionate, argumentative session of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, to debate a draft resolution that would press Syria's embattled leader to relinquish power.

"We all know that change is coming to Syria,"...

WASHINGTON -- A recent crackdown on American pro-democracy organizations in Egypt has observers of the country's military regime shaking their heads over possible motivations.

The State Department on Monday confirmed reports that "a handful" of U.S. citizens from non-governmental organizations had taken refuge at the American Embassy...

WASHINGTON -- The State Department has announced that Yemen's embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, will have diplomatic immunity while he visits the United States this week for medical treatment.

The immunity is being granted to Saleh as it would to any foreign head of state, the State Department said in...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "rejected" President Obama's proposed 2011 budget for her department, according to a memo obtained by the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza, and described in the magazine Monday.

"At the proposed funding levels, we will not have the capacity to deliver either the full level...

The U.S. is considering closing its embassy in Damascus amid concerns about the security of the staff there, The Huffington Post has confirmed.

The Washington Post and Foreign Policy magazine first reported Friday afternoon that American officials have been in discussions with the regime of Bashar...

After Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum dove into a bitter dispute over ancient history from the halls of Congress, Mitt Romney says the argument is a "perfect example of why we need to send to Washington someone who has not lived in Washington, but someone who's lived in the real...