RootsAction.org is demanding the potential secretary of State nominee sell shares in the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline. 

"The time for the waiting game is over," Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said on the Senate floor late Thursday.

The Department of Defense would be prevented from using funds to move suspected terrorists from Gitmo facilities to U.S. prisons. 

Internet service and cellular networks were blacked out in Syria on Thursday, disrupting communications traveling into and outside of the country, according to the State Department. 

Renesys, a U.S.-based firm that monitors Internet networks, reported on its blog that Syria's Internet connectivity was shut down early Thursday afternoon and all of the country's IP address blocks were unreachable. Google also reported on its Transparency Report tool that its Web services were inaccessible in Syria on Thursday. The search company tweeted: "Internet access completely cut off in Syria. This is why a #freeandopen Internet is so important."

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said a Palestinian state cannot be created "by pressing a green voting button in this hall."

The senator said Rice's inaccurate description of the attack in Libya should not disqualify her from becoming secretary of State.

The U.N. is expected to overwhelmingly recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state Thursday.

Sen. Graham said "the Palestinians created this problem and this is a major setback for U.S.-Palestinian relations."

The administration wants the number of new HIV patients lower than the number on antiretroviral drugs within five years.