A Florida pastor who called off a Quran burning said late Thursday he was “rethinking our position” after a proposed meeting over the location of an Islamic center near New York’s ground zero went unconfirmed.

President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller for “conspicuous gallantry” and “heroic actions” in Afghanistan in January 2008, the White House announced Thursday.

Nearly nine years after the September 11 terror attacks, a record number of Americans believe the United States is unlikely to ever capture or kill Osama bin Laden, according to a new national poll.

A Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks is a “monumentally terrible idea,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday.

The religious leader behind plans to erect an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York’s ground zero said Wednesday night that America’s national security depends on how it handles the controversy.

Rep. Kendrick Meek faces a tough battle to become Florida’s next senator. As he faces off against Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio, he’s getting support from a longtime friend — ex-President Bill Clinton.

President Barack Obama on Thursday said a Florida church’s plans to burn dozens of Qurans this weekend would be a “recruitment bonanza” for al Qaeda.

The imam has stepped into the fray before.

After the recall of more than 500 million eggs from a salmonella outbreak this summer, food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illness will call for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year.

The president’s chief of staff could leave his post soon. Here’s what the White House would be missing.