Most Americans have backed a nuclear deal with Iran and expressed disagreement with resorting to military action against Tehran even if the historic diplomatic effort falls through, a poll proves.
A congressional advisory panel has sounded a warning about China's military buildup, predicting Beijing could possess the largest fleet of modern submarine and combatant ships in the western Pacific by 2020.
A number of leading Iranian American groups in the US have sent a letter to Senate leaders, calling for a halt to new sanctions against Iran.
US President Barack Obama has warned Congress against further sanctions on Iran, saying that a deal in the works could prevent the "unintended consequences" of war.
The Obama administration reportedly is asking Congress to delay passing new Iran sanctions.
Israeli politicians have reacted to reports that the US has been encouraged by Iran's seriousness in the P5+1 nuclear talks in Geneva.
US President Barack Obama has signed legislation passed by Congress to temporarily lift the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown after 16 days, averting the threat of default just hours before the October 17 deadline.
The State Department of the United States has said any easing of sanctions would be proportionate to Iran's actions.
A new poll shows more frustration with Washington over the government shutdown and risk of default, with the number of people dissatisfied with the state of the country in the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.
Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the lead US negotiator with Iran, has urged US lawmakers to hold off on imposing additional sanctions against Iran ahead of the talks.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to "sabotage the best chance" to restore relations between the West and Iran, the New York Times has said in an editorial following Netanyahu's General Assembly address.
The White House budget director has ordered federal agencies to begin closing down after Congress failed to pass a budget to avert a government shutdown.
A Senate panel has voted to give US President Barack Obama the authority to use military force against Syria in response to an alleged use of chemical weapons.
Some Arab nations have offered to help pay for any US military strikes on Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday as he sought support for missile strikes.
Saudi Arabia’s former Ambassador to Washington Bandar bin Sultan tries to push US officials to Syria war, a report says.
The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) has denounced the United States for planning to supply 1,300 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia.
The United States Department of Defense has proposed the Congress $2.7 billion in new arms sales to Iraq for air defense, communications systems and maintenance.
The CIA has been subjecting operatives to monthly polygraph tests in an attempt to suppress details of a US arms smuggling operation in Benghazi that was ongoing when its ambassador was killed by a mob in the city last year, according to reports.
Over a hundred US congresspersons have demanded the White House to grasp the opportunity and make amends with Iran.
The US military budget decline has forced its Navy to decrease the number of back-up ships in the time of crisis, the Navy’s chief of staff Admiral Jonathan Greenert says.