U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai, announced the alliance to diplomats at the U.S. Embassy.

Lawmakers on Friday gave the go-ahead for the issuance of $2.6 billion in bonds. The federal government will provide an additional $3.2 billion. The completed project is estimated to cost more than $68 billion.

Josephine "Ann" Harris, 70, owner of Ann's Place 24-Hour Restaurant, poses for a photo in Akron, Ohio, where President Barack Obama dropped by for breakfast on his bus tour Friday. (Credit: Paul Tople,AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal)

Rep. Sean Gatewood, a Topeka Democrat, is critical of the $220,000 cost associated with renaming two state agencies.

Lawyers for Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger on Friday asked U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to uphold a 2011 statute restricting insurance coverage for abortions.

President Barack Obama called the family of Josephine "Ann" Harris from Air Force One to express his condolences after Harris died Friday not long after his visit to the Akron, Ohio restaurant she owned.

U.N. diplomats are in final negotiations this month on an unprecedented arms trade treaty that would clamp down on the flow of arms around the world.

Congress is asking top U.S. defense contractors to disclose their corporate plans if the military is forced to cut $500 billion from its budget early next year, putting the companies in the middle of a political fight between Republicans and the White House.

Larry Meeker of Lake Quivira says he'll kick off a petition drive Saturday in Shawnee. He needs signatures from 4 percent of the registered voters in the 17th House District in the Kansas City area to qualify as a candidate in the November general election.

A weak jobs report Friday was followed quickly by finger pointing from Republicans, who blamed President Barack Obama for enacting policies that have prevented growth and dissuaded employers from hiring.

WikiLeaks said Thursday it has begun publishing some 2.4 million e-mails from Syrian politicians, government ministries and companies dating back to 2006.

The president's visit to a Pub and Restaurant was his fifth campaign event of the day in the crucial battleground state of Ohio. On Friday, his bus tour will continue in neighboring Pennsylvania.

Republican sources confirm Mitt Romney's campaign had a behemoth fund-raising month in June, bringing in more than $100 million for the battle to defeat President Obama.

A House report out Thursday says Countrywide Financial bought influence on Capitol Hill by issuing hundreds of sweetheart loans for members of Congress, their staffs and other government employees.

Campaigning by bus through swing state Ohio, President Barack Obama cast his re-election bid as a bet on the American worker Thursday, even as he braced for a Friday unemployment report that will help set battle lines for the hot summer to come.

As political chatter over Mitt Romney's choice for running mate gets louder, the presumptive GOP nominee's wife offered a new glimpse into the highly secretive process: the campaign, she said, is looking at women.

President Barack Obama on Thursday pushed his vision for fair trade practices while kicking off his two-day bus tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania, a region known as a manufacturing hub.

Official ballot counts began in Mexico on Wednesday. The political parties will supervise, review and watch over the recount. Early results announced last Sunday, give the Presidential victory to PRI's Peña Nieto.

GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney talked about the Supreme Court's health care ruling with CBS News.

The move comes amid an ongoing campaign finance investigation. Police raided the home and offices of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who lost his re-election bid to Socialist François Hollande in May.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador also challenged the 2006 election results. Mexico's presumed president-elect, announced Sunday, says it is time for the country to leave behind political rancor.

Vice President Joe Biden said teachers "are under full blown assault" by Mitt Romney and "his allies in Congress" Tuesday. In response, the Romney campaign said the vice president was touting "failed" policies in his remarks.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, while not saying he would definitely accept a spot on Mitt Romney's Republican presidential ticket, did say Tuesday he would give such an offer due consideration.

It was 2002, and things weren't going well for Mitt Romney, then a candidate for Massachusetts governor.

Drink specials are back on the menu in Kansas, but the new liquor laws take pitchers of drinks like margaritas off the table.