• Remembering 9/11
28 more airports will test lower-hassle screening

A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said

Actor Wahlberg apologizes for 9/11 comments

Actor Mark Wahlberg has apologized for asserting that he would have stopped terrorists from flying an airliner into New York's World Trade Center on Sept. 11

US mulls transfer of Taliban prisoners at Gitmo

The Obama administration appeared Wednesday to acknowledge discussions about transferring some Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay as part of U.S. efforts to

Images from Guantanamo Bay prison

Open for 10 years on Jan. 11, 2012, the prison seems more established than ever.

Guantanamo closure hopes fade as prison turns 10

The deadline set by President Barack Obama to close Guantanamo came and went two years ago. No detainee has left in a year because of restrictions on

Obama visiting Fort Bragg to mark end of Iraq war

President Barack Obama is marking the end of the Iraq war with a tribute to the troops who fought and died in a conflict he opposed from the start.

Op-Ed: Political implications following Gadhafi’s death

With Thursday’s news that former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had been killed, the president’s 2012 campaign staff would be well-advised to place more

Obama on war anniversary: America safer

President Barack Obama says the United States is safer thanks to the sacrifice of troops, diplomats and intelligence analysts during the now decade-long war in

Sunday morning political rewind

Businessman Herman Cain called himself the real deal on Sunday only a week after taking Florida by storm in the straw poll.

Islamic center opens near ground zero

An Islamic cultural center near the site of the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center held its first exhibit Wednesday evening, the

Bennett: I'm sorry for 9/11 comments

Bennett said Wednesday that he was only expressing his feelings as a pacifist when he said the United States caused the 9/11 attacks by bombing people. He made

9/11 family: Judge 'gutted' case

"Such a tragedy ... should never again be the result of lack of oversight or preparation or because lobbyists have so much influence and power in Washington,

Onetime 9/11 hero gets prison

A former government official hailed for helping two people escape the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of

9/11 panelist: 'Nothing has changed'

Hijackers like those who crashed planes in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania could still get state IDs today despite efforts to create uniform standards

9/11 families want to get list of kin

Sept. 11 victims' relatives who say a museum is no place to put unidentified victims' remains went to court Wednesday to press for access to a city-maintained

Name misspelled on 9/11 memorial

The name of a man killed in the Sept. 11 attacks is misspelled on the memorial at the World Trade Center site.

Rebuilding Ground Zero

Nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the new World Trade Center is rising from ground zero.

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