Senior Republicans are open to considering legislation banning "bump stocks" like the gunman in Las Vegas apparently used to effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons.

Congressional investigators plan to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and will subpoena him if necessary, the Senate Judiciary Committee panel's chairman has said.

The special counsel appointed to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 US presidential campaign is now examining whether Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice, according to a report.

The US Senate has delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation that its interrogation techniques saved lives.

American embassies, military units and other US interests are bracing for possible security threats related to the planned release of a report on the CIA’s harsh interrogation techniques, the White House says.

Following her recent high-profile campaign blitz during the midterm elections, talk of Michelle Obama running for the US Senate is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, writes Bette Browne

Cities in America and western Europe are being eyed as Islamic State (IS) militants’ future targets and President Barack Obama needs to take action, two top politicians have warned.

The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the CIA of criminal activity in improperly searching a computer network set up for lawmakers investigating allegations that the agency used torture in terror investigations during the Bush administration.

The Obama administration is considering ending spying on allied heads of state, as the White House grapples with the fallout from revelations that the US has eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

SINCE his first day in office, US President Barack Obama’s foreign policy has rested on outreach: Resetting ties with Russia, building a partnership with China, and offering a fresh start with antagonistic leaders from Iran to Venezuela.

The White House’s nominee for CIA chief has said he does not regret advising against a strike targeting Osama bin Laden in 1998, a few months before the bombings of two US embassies in Africa.

Top US politicians have accused the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film 'Zero Dark Thirty' by allegedly telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind.

Three top US senators, including John McCain, the former White House hopeful, slammed a new Osama bin Laden manhunt film for suggesting torture helped find the al Qaeda chief.

US president Barack Obama has said he has no evidence the scandal that ended David Petraeus’s career has had a negative impact on US national security.

Members of the US Congress are demanding more details about the FBI investigation that unmasked an extramarital affair between ex-CIA director David Petraeus and his biographer.

A WOMAN who knows no fear because of damage to a key emotion centre in her brain is lucky to be alive, scientists have said.

THE chairwoman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee said yesterday the Bush administration may have broken the law if it ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counter-terrorism programme.

Hillary Clinton was set formally to end her historic bid for the White House today and urge her supporters to rally behind rival Barack Obama, a show of support Democrats hope will help heal the party fractured by a bitter battle for the presidential nomination.

A MENTAL arithmetic challenge between two monkeys and 14 university students almost ended in an embarrassing draw, it was revealed yesterday.

THE US Senate yesterday rejected a California Democrat’s plan to allow the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country to remain, work and eventually become Americans, preserving a fragile bipartisan coalition needed to pass the bill.

A PAINTING by Marilyn Monroe has been auctioned off with her personal phone book with numbers for Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny and scores of other celebrities for over $150,000 (€123,000) in Los Angeles.

Author John Feinstein learned a little about golf and a lot about life in his new book on the late Bruce Edwards. Michael Moynihan finds out how.

Veteran rocker Rod Stewart says he is as surprised as anyone that his latest CD, a collection of the kind of songs Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald made famous, has gone platinum.