WASHINGTON (AP) — Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession.

They're all...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

Ignoring substantial parts of...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the...

Feds move to seize 4 mosques, skyscraper owned by foundation linked to Iranian government

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former House speaker, an ex-lawmaker and eight aides Thursday became the latest — and the first Republicans — to be...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of a bipartisan, billion-dollar Ohio program that spurs technology jobs is in limbo because of a dispute between Republicans and Democrats over when...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate...

CEDAR CREEK, Texas (AP) — Thrilled with twin victories this month, Republican governors are looking to lead a party-wide resurgence in 2010 and shape the GOP for years to...

LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama's delay in deciding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan has found an echo chamber in Europe, where...

SINGAPORE (AP) — President Barack Obama said Sunday that "time is running out" for Iran to sign on to a deal to ship its enriched uranium out of the country for further processing, and...

KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's newly unveiled anti-corruption unit drew guarded praise Monday from a wary international community, which has heard President Hamid Karzai promise before...

CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) — It seemed like a given that Mario Rodas would go to college.

The Guatemalan-born student certainly had the academic credentials, going from...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed U.S. District Judge David Hamilton for the Chicago-based federal appeals court, approving a nominee targeted by conservatives as a...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge denied a motion for a mistrial Friday in the corruption case of former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno, rejecting the defense argument that he was...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Assailants fired an anti-tank grenade toward the building housing ballots for the upcoming Honduran presidential elections, which are taking place under the...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran lawmakers will not decide whether to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya until after upcoming presidential elections, the...

BRYN MAWR, Pa. (AP) — When Sharhea Wade arrived at Bryn Mawr College from a big-city high school, it seemed as if every other student on the quiet, leafy...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from...

DALLAS (AP) — While Texas maintains a firm grip on the dubious title of the nation's most prolific industrial polluter, an environmental group's report Thursday found that wind...

BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts said Friday there is no connection between big donations to him and the Democratic Party from the family that owns the New England Patriots and...