There's another Republican race under way and it has nothing to do with the presidency, although it will have plenty of impact on federal policymaking.
John Boehner's abrupt retirement as speaker of the House of Representatives, announced last week, means the GOP will soon select a new leader in the Capitol's lower chamber.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says President Barack Obama and Iran's foreign minister shook hands when they ran into one another on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Tuesday's report by the official IRNA agency quotes an unnamed diplomatic official as saying Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif came upon Obama "accidentally" and the two shook hands.
