You might think that no sensible Republican with presidential ambitions would wander into a blood feud within the party. This year, you would be wrong.

Denis Hayes, coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970, discusses the challenges for the environmental movement and prospects for global warming legislation in today's changed political climate.

- A second federal appellate judge in Chicago, Ann Claire Williams, has been added to the roster of potential nominees to fill the upcoming vacancy on the US Supreme Court, the White House confirmed ...

WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators have questioned House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and aides to Speaker Nancy Pelosi as part of a probe into whether top Democrats covered up information that ex-Rep. Eric Massa sexually harassed male employees.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. - Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida darted out of the Tallahassee rain on Tuesday, dragging a band of reporters to his office before answering The Question: Will you leave the Republican Party to run for the United States ...

School officials across New Jersey said on Wednesday that they would most likely have to lay off hundreds of teachers, increase class sizes, eliminate sports teams and Advanced Placement classes, cut kindergarten hours and take other ...

ALBANY - Federal and state investigators raided the Bronx offices of the Soundview HealthCare Network early Wednesday, seeking records as part of a joint investigation into the business and political ...

A US Marine whose Facebook posts led to a refresher course last week on the Pentagon's directives on political activities is not running for cover as he continues to post or support material critical of the government and ...

The state of Arizona has been in the news a lot lately with controversial legislation. Some good, some bad; the new immigration law…good, the conceal carry law….

PHOENIX - A missing handwritten transcript from a coroner's inquest done after the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral has resurfaced in a dusty box more than 125 years after the most famous shootout in Wild West history.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich had a brief and unremarkable career as an amateur boxer, so he certainly got the message Wednesday when a federal judge used the sport to explain why Blagojevich can't simply demand all the ...

As Washington braces for the first serious conversation in more than a decade about deficit reduction, some economists and ... By Lori Montgomery Health care: A 10 percent VAT would pay for every American not entitled to Medicare or Medicaid to enroll ...

An anti-immigration law condemned as a licence for racial profiling is expected to come into force in Arizona within the next 48 hours.

The trial of a college student accused of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail account has started. Prosecutors claim David Kernell wanted to derail Palin's candidacy, while defense attorneys say their client is nothing more than a prankster.

CINCINNATI - Buy American? That's suddenly a good idea again to more car buyers. Toyota's safety problems and a buffed-up lineup of offerings from Detroit's Big 3 are rubbing the tarnish off car buyers' perceptions of US models.

AMARILLO, TX -- Some members of congress are condemning a federal judge's ruling that the National Day of Prayer is Unconstitutional.

NEW ORLEANS - An explosion rocked an offshore oil drilling platform, sending a column of fire into the sky and touching off a frantic search at sea Wednesday for 11 missing workers.

Pledging to post 10 years of personal tax returns on the Internet, Democrat Jerry Brown on Wednesday became the only major candidate for governor to answer a call from the Mercury News to end a weeks-long dispute over the release of returns.

C. Aluka Berry / AP With just a few precincts remaining, results from the Richland County Election Commission show lawyer and lobbyist Steve Benjamin won Tuesday's mayoral runoff election in Columbia with 10784 votes, or 56 percent.

WASHINGTON - The weather problems of the Vancouver Games followed the US Olympians to the White House. Steady rain forced the pleasantries indoors when the US Olympic and Paralympic teams visited President Barack Obama on Wednesday.