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By 2016, women could be permitted to train for most combat roles, including infantry and artillery positions, under detailed plans released by the Pentagon on Tuesday describing how to integrate female troops throughout the armed forces.

The House Oversight Committee's top Democrat on Tuesday released the full transcript of a congressional interview that he said "debunks conspiracy theories" about the IRS targeting controversy.

Josh Duggar, famed as the eldest of the 19-child Duggar family reality TV dynasty, is moving his own growing family to Washington, where he'll join the ranks of social-conservative lobbyists.

Intelligence officials said Tuesday that the government's sweeping surveillance efforts have helped thwart 50 "potential terrorist events" since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and the officials detailed two new examples to illustrate the utility of the programs.

The House Speaker, in a private meeting with House conservatives this morning, made a big show of talking tough on immigration reform, claiming he has "no intention" of allowing a House vote on anything that doesn't have the support of a majority of Republicans:

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland—Leaders of the Group of Eight nations issued a concerned assessment of the worldwide economy Tuesday and indicated that a larger government role in promoting growth is necessary to prevent another global downturn.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency this month denied an appeal for millions of dollars in additional aid to help West, Tex., recover from an April 17 fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 15 people and decimated some 37 blocks of homes, schools and businesses.

The White House and NASA on Tuesday will ask the public for help finding asteroids that potentially could slam into the Earth with catastrophic consequences. Citing planetary defense, the administration has decided that the search for killer rocks in space should be the latest in a series of “Grand Challenges,” in which the government sets an ambitious goal, helps create public-private partnerships and sometimes offers prize money for innovative ideas.

President Obama and the newly elected president of Iran signaled willingness to improve ties between their nations Monday, but both leaders made clear that a positive tone may not easily translate into progress in resolving the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.

Thousands of Syrians fleeing war and misery are making their way to Europe, and many are coming through Greece, whose Mediterranean islands stretch within tantalizing reach of home. Once they get here, many wish they’d never come.