This live coverage has ended. The Pentagon is beefing up its presence in the Middle East, U.S. officials said Friday, as Israel braces for Iran to retaliate for a strike near its embassy in Syria.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure to condemn Iran's airstrikes on Israel, but 13 Democrats and one ...

TEL AVIV—As hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles winged across the Middle East Saturday night, a defensive line of radars, jet fighters, warships and air-defense batteries from Israel ...

for six bills to respond to Iran’s airstrikes against Israel. The House debated the rules governing six bills. for six bills to respond to Iran’s airstrikes against Israel. Javascript must be ...

That’s right, the most famous U.S. president in history had no middle name. In fact, it was actually quite rare for children to be given middle names when Washington was born in 1732.

Given its huge oil and gas reserves, strategically critical location in the heart of the Middle East, and its initial welcoming of the U.S. after the fall of President Saddam Hussein in 2003 ...

In seven episodes, Babel: U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East will analyze where the United States stands after two decades of heightened engagement in the region. Jon Alterman, senior vice ...

But despite those signs of progress, thorny economic issues continue to divide China and the United States. When Ms. Yellen arrives on Thursday for four days of meetings in Guangzhou and Beijing ...

One way some researchers divide individuals into economic classes is by looking at their incomes. From that data, they split earners into different classes: poor, lower-middle class, middle class ...

Great elementary and middle schools educate their students from all socioeconomic backgrounds with the goal of setting them up for success. In turn, their students develop the core competencies in ...