Nation & World

Tea party favorite Jim DeMint of South Carolina is leaving two years into his second term to run a Washington think tank.

Software company founder is denied asylum in Guatemala after fleeing Belize, where he is wanted for questioning in the death of a fellow expatriate.

More senior officials resign while clashes between president’s backers and detractors leave 6 dead and 450 wounded.

Talks between the United States and Russia signal possible unity on efforts to end the civil war as Assad’s regime grows weaker.

Republican lawmakers in Michigan approve right-to-work legislation, drawing protests from union supporters, some ofwhom are pepper-sprayed by police when they try to storm the Senate chamber.