Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered condolences for the victims of a deadly tornado in Oklahoma and pledged to focus the nation's resources on recovery and rebuilding. "As a nation, our full focus right now is on the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard....

(Adds U.N. statement, paragraphs 6-7) * US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria...

* Phrase used at news conference sparks curiosity * Favorite term of Obama aides hauled out by president By Steve Holland and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - It sounds like something teenagers need before borrowing their parents' car, but...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged after speaking with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office about repairing or replacing the man'...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials was described Thursday as a good father, a quiet neighbor and an entertainer who impersonated Elvis at parties. But accounts also...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man charged with mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders was surprised by his arrest and maintains he is innocent, his attorney said Thursday after his first appearance. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45,...

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and claimed "various parties within the government"...

The buzz in presidential politics is all about Rick Santorum and his expected strong showing in the three states voting in the Republican primary today, which could at the least give Santorum reason to keep holding on to his White House dreams. Here's...

Time to change the maps... yup!  The Gulf of Mexico my no longer exist.  It would be the Gulf of America. At least that's what Mississippi State Representative Steve Holland proposed. Whis of cours peeved some Latino groups.  They claim that if the...

Time to change the maps... yup!  The Gulf of Mexico my no longer exist.  It would be the Gulf of America. At least that's what Mississippi State Representative Steve Holland proposed. This of course peeved some Latino groups.  They claim that if the...

Lawmakers were close to a last-gasp $3 trillion deal on Sunday to raise the borrowing limit and assure jittery financial markets that the United States will avoid a potentially catastrophic default. The tantalizing possibility of an agreement raised...