Chemical Weapons Inspectors Outline Syria Plan
Inspectors who will oversee Syria's destruction of its chemical weapons said Sunday their first priority is to help the country scrap its ability to manufacture such arms by a Nov. …
Obama to Meet with Netanyahu, Iran Likely Topic
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at a time that the three-decade estrangement between the United States and Iran may be nearing an end.
Federal Gov't Edges to Shutdown Over Health Care
The Senate has the next move on budget legislation that has fueled a bitter dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
Federal Gulf Oil Spill Trial Resumes
Billions of dollars are at stake as the federal trial resumes over the 2010 disaster.
Mississippi's Nature Tourism Back on the Table
It's been several post-Hurricane Katrina years since the groups involved in ecotourism gathered to inventory natural resources and talk about how to spread the word to birdwatchers, kayakers, hunters, hikers …
House GOP Puts Forth New Demands to Delay Obamacare; Senate Dems Reject Them Outright
Locked in a deepening struggle with President Barack Obama, House Republicans demanded a one-year delay in major parts of the nation's new health care law and permanent repeal of a …
Bryant Leads Cancer Awareness Event on Motorcycles
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and his wife, Deborah, are taking part in a Jackson-to-Gulfport motorcycle ride Saturday to help bring attention to breast cancer research.
2 Mississippi Senators Vote Against Gov't Funding
Both of Mississippi's U.S. senators voted Friday against legislation to fund the federal government through mid-November.
Iran, UN Agency Nuclear Probe Talks Positive
Iranian and U.N. officials are upbeat at the end of talks on resuming a U.N. probe to determine whether Tehran worked on atomic arms, in a sign that Iran's new …
Syrian Arsenal Inspections to Begin by Tuesday
The inspectors responsible for tracking down Syria's chemical arms stockpile and verifying its destruction plan to start in Syria by Tuesday.
Senate Set to OK Budget Bill, but Fight Not Over
A potential government shutdown hurtling ever closer, the Democratic-led Senate moved Friday toward approving legislation keeping federal agencies from locking their doors on Tuesday. But disputes with the Republican-run House …
Miss. Sues to Try to Block Flood Insurance Hike
The Mississippi Department of Insurance filed a lawsuit Thursday against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Miss. Gov Says Christianity Shapes His World View
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant told a group of students Thursday that Christianity shapes his world view and he's not apologetic about opposing abortion or putting Nativity scenes on public property.
House GOP Considers Options on Possible Shutdown
Pressure is building on fractious House Republicans over legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown, as the Democratic-led Senate is expected to strip a tea party-backed plan to defund Obamacare …
Russia Offers to Guard Syria Arms Destruction
Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such …
