WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all its fraught politics and geopolitical import, the Iran nuclear agreement offers something very personal for Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois: a chance at political redemption. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, is leading the effort to round up Senate support for the international deal that aims to curb Iran's nuclear program ...

The administration of US President Barack Obama did not send a witness to a Senate hearing on closing the notorious US-run Guantanamo prison based in Cuba. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee held the Closing Guantanamo: The National Security, Fiscal, and Human Rights Implications hearing Wednesday. It was the first hearing since 2009 held to discuss ...