President Obama flanked by Chuck Hagel (left) and John Brennan at Monday's announcment.

Calling names

National Security |  President Obama’s second-term appointments for his national security team draw fire from the right and the left

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Crunch time

Congress |  Lawmakers on Capitol Hill engage in 11th hour negotiations to avoid the pending fiscal cliff

People stand in front of the partially destroyed St. Theresa Catholic Church outside Abuja after a bombing on Christmas Day 2011.

Christmas fear

Nigeria |  Nigerian Christians vow to gather to worship on Christmas Day despite the threat of terrorist violence

House Speaker John Boehner leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Headed home

Congress |  The House adjourns for Christmas Thursday night after Speaker John Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ fails to rally Republicans

President Richard NIxon
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Addition by subtraction

Congress |  Washington’s baseline budgeting leads to spending ‘cuts’ that increase spending

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley introduces Rep. Tim Scott (center) as Sen. Jim DeMint looks on.

Making history

Politics |  South Carolina conservative Rep. Tim Scott is set to become the Senate’s only African-American

Gao Zhisheng is shown here in his Beijing law office in 2005.

Raising awareness

Human Rights |  Congressmen issue call to action on behalf of prisoners of conscience, including one of WORLD's 2012 Daniels of the Year

President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Richard Land

Building consensus

Immigration |  A bipartisan group lobbies Congress for comprehensive immigration reform

Austin Ruse, president of C-FAM

Voted down

Congress |  Senate falls short in the ratification of a controversial UN disabilities treaty

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas

House passes STEM Jobs Act

Congress |  WASHINGTON—The first post-election foray into immigration reform presented an opportunity for bipartisan agreement Friday on Capitol Hill, but it turned…

Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly

One step away

Congress |  Senate Republicans allow disabilities treaty to come to a floor vote as conservative groups work against its ratification

TERROR: The inside of St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Kaduna, Nigeria, following a suicide bombing on Oct. 28.
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Standing with the brethren

Nigeria |  A group of Nigerian-Americans organizes to support violence-plagued Christians in northern Nigeria

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