The effort to build a rebel force against the Islamic State failed in part because many rebels focused on a campaign against President Bashar al-Assad, officials said.
Republican leaders increased their efforts to persuade Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to run for speaker of the House, as they saw him as the only one with the potential to unify the party.
Since taking over the United States Chamber of Commerce in 1997, Thomas Donohue has transformed the organization into a powerful ally of tobacco.
The new movie about the Apple co-founder suggests that the future envisioned by the tech industry’s leaders is worth putting up with them.
A route to Norway through Russia has made a remote far-north border an increasingly popular back door into Europe. A legal quirk makes pedaling necessary.
The vice president candidacy would put on a public stage the foreign policy struggles he and Mrs. Clinton faced while in the Obama White House.
