Terrorism

The State Department is expected to release its annual Country Report on Terrorism in the latter half of May, missing today's deadline by a few weeks, according to a State Department spokesperson.

The much-anticipated annual report was released much later last year -- in July.

Obama said he would call on lawmakers to "step up and help me" close the controversial military prison.

The president said he was committed to find out "exactly what happened" in the deadly attack.

“We've done an independent investigation, that it's been transparent, thorough, credible, and detailed," said spokesman Patrick Ventrell. 

House Republicans and Democrats made the remarks at a hearing on Islamist extremism in Chechnya. 

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Republican claims on Clinton "lack a rudimentary understanding" of State Department operations. 

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said it’s too soon to have hearings.

Rep. Wolf renewed his call for a select committee on Benghazi following a report blaming former Secretary of State Clinton.

The FBI interviewed the parents of the Boston bombing suspects in the Russian Republic of Dagestan on Tuesday with the help of Russian authorities.

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow sent a group that included representatives of the FBI to the Muslim-majority region near Chechnya, Agence France-Presse reported.

The interviews took place at the local headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Service, the successor to the KGB, according to the wire service.

The two suspects, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, are ethnic Chechens. Chechnya, which was incorporated into Russia 200 years ago, has fought two wars with Moscow since the end of the Cold War.

The new hearings were announced Wednesday by House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).