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A U.S. Navy sailor passes by a sign at the U.S. detention center for "enemy combatants" on September 16, 2010 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images, File)

Guantanamo ‘under lockdown’ ‘like we haven’t seen since the Bush years’

With 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay on a hunger strike and the military force-feeding 23 of them with feeding tubes, the situation at the detention facility has captured international attention. Read More

Kenneth Feinberg, (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

One Fund Boston: ‘How do you play God?’

"It's Solomonic, really," Feinberg said. "We have four [families] who lost loved ones, four lives lost. We've got a terrible number of double amputees and single amputees.... And you try and allocate the money to the most seriously injured or lives lost." Read More

File photo: This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via the Korean News Service (KNS) on November 21, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) posing at the Ministry of State Security with security personnel during the founding anniversary of the security institution.   (Editorial use only. Photo by KCNA/AFP/Getty Images file)

Google: North Korea and ‘the new corruption’

Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, authors of the book "The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Businesses," talked about their visit to North Korea (which the U.S. State department did not approve). Read More

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What we’re reading: Thursday, May 2, 2013

President Obama travels to Mexico for a trip he says will focus on the economic partnership between two nations, but will also involve some discussion on the immigration reform legislation currently in Congress. Read More

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Could you live on $1.50 a day?

Around the world, nearly 1.5 billion people live below the poverty line. In an effort to raise awareness and funds to eradicate world hunger, Hunter and Beau Biden are taking the challenge of living on just $1.50 per day worth of food as part of the "Live Below the Line" initiative. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House April 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. The president took questions on a variety of subjects including immigration reform, the ongoing civil war in Syria and the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

In The New York Times opinion page: Maureen Dowd picks apart President Obama's Tuesday news conference. The editorial board is looking at the next possible steps regarding the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Read More

Syrian Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar (C) visits the site of a blast in the Marjeh district of Damascus on April 30 , 2013. A blast in the central Damascus district of Marjeh killed at least 14 people, Syrian state television reported, a day after a Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived a bomb attack elsewhere in the capital.  (Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama weighs options on Syria: I’ve got to have the facts

"There are some options we would not otherwise exercise that we would strongly consider," the president said Tuesday. Read More

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Stephen F. Lynch, at left, and Edward J. Markey, at right, greet each other prior to the start of debate at WBZ studios in Boston on April 22, 2013. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The race to replace now-Secretary of State John Kerry in the Senate hits a high point Read More

Sen. John McCain, (R-AZ). (Photo by Cliff Owen/AP Photo)

McCain: Boots on the ground in Syria is ‘worst thing US could do’

Lawmakers continued to call on the White House to take action on Syria, but even one of the more hawkish members of the GOP stopped well short of calling for the United States to send in troops. Read More

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What we’re reading: Monday, April 29, 2013

President Obama will nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to replace Secretary LaHood as leader of the Department of Transportation. Read More

A Syrian woman carries her child outside their makeshift house at the refugee camp of Qah along the Turkish border in the village of Atme in the northwestern province of Idlib, on March 17, 2013. The conflict has killed at least 70,000 people, and forced more than one million Syrians to seek refuge abroad. Millions more have been internally displaced. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

Drumbeat begins for action on Syria

While the drumbeat for U.S. action in Syria grew, the White House continued to urge caution as it examines intelligence that the country used chemical weapons on its people. Read More

Syrian refugees hang out their clothes to dry in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of of Serjilla, in the northwestern province of Idlib, on March 19, 2013. The conflict has killed at least 70,000 people, and forced more than one million Syrians to seek refuge abroad. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Friday, April 26, 2013

In the opinion pages: The Wall Street Journal editorial board says President Obama can't be exposed as a bluffer on Syria. The New York Times editorial board… Read More

Image: Former U.S. President Clinton speaks on stage after he received the Advocate for Change Award during the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, California

Welcome to Twitter, @billclinton! (He already has 400,000 followers)

The 42nd president, always happy to have an audience, has joined Twitter--for real this time. Read More

File photo: Michigan U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Mike Rogers: Boston suspect read his rights too soon

House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican and former FBI agent, complained that a federal magistrate had possibly stopped the FBI from gaining valuable intelligence by stepping in to advise the suspect of his legal rights. Read More

Residents stand near buildings damaged by what activists said were missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Daraya January 17, 2013, in this picture provided by Shaam News Network . (Photo by Kenan Al-Derani/Reuters/Shaam News Network/Handout)

Syria at ‘red line’: Chemical weapon use confirmed

President Obama has said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a "red line" and prompt unspecified U.S. action. Read More

From left, Baylor President Ken Starr, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura stand during the playing of the national anthem before a second-round game against Florida State in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

What we’re reading: Thursday, April 25, 2013

The presidential focus shifts to a former commander-in-chief today. Read More

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Senators dish on White House dinner with Obama

All 20 women senators joined President Obama for dinner at the White House Tuesday night. Andrea Mitchell spoke with Maryland's Barbara Mikulski and Minnesota's Amy Klobuchar. Read More

This undated photo provided by the vkontakte website shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been on the run, described as "armed and dangerous" and suspected of the Boston Marathon bombing. His brother, Tamerlan, was killed during a violent police chase. The two ethnic Chechen brothers came from Dagestan, a Russian republic bordering the province of Chechnya. (Photo by AP Photo/vk.com)

What we’re reading: Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The New York Times' Michiko Kakutani looks at the digital footprint left by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Read More

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York (MSNBC)

Guess who’s coming to dinner? The Senate women’s caucus

All 20 women senators were slated to join President Obama for dinner at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday, after New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand suggested inviting the president to one of the group's quarterly meetings. Read More

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What we’re reading: Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Immigration reform stays on center stage in Washington Read More