Arizona appeals immigration ruling to Supreme Court

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer appealed to the Supreme Court to revive the state's disputed immigration policing law, seeking a ruling that could...

Film on Bin Laden causes stir over Washington access

Director Kathryn Bigelow hasn't yet called "action" on her movie about the capture of Osama bin Laden, but the project is already stirring...

Wisconsin recall election a test of voter sentiment

The setback that Democrats and their labor allies suffered in the battle to reclaim Wisconsin underscores the challenge they and President...

GOP candidates in debate have little room for error

Amid new anxiety about the economy and a plunging stock market, the Republican presidential candidates in Thursday's debate will be united...

Wisconsin Republicans hold on to state Senate

Republicans kept their majority in the Wisconsin state Senate on Tuesday, retaining four of six seats in a recall election that could...

SEALs killed in Afghanistan chopper crash lived in secrecy

Their heroics are conducted, and celebrated, in secrecy. Their deaths are typically mourned the same way.

Two Republicans have a lot riding on Iowa poll

Iowa is crawling with presidential candidates pitching themselves before Saturday's Ames straw poll, an early test of a campaign's...

Gay presidential candidate Fred Karger has a message

Fred Karger, Republican candidate for president, knows there is no chance he will be the GOP nominee, much less the next leader of the...

First senators named to deficit panel

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the first three appointees to a congressional "super committee" charged with tackling the...

Obama, congressional leaders seek leverage from economic jolt

The jolt to America's prestige as an economic superpower so far has only hardened positions in Washington, as President Obama and...

EPA set to miss deadline on ozone rules

The Obama administration, facing withering criticism from industry that environmental rules are behind the stalled economy, appears poised...

House ends its page program

Naomi Hung remembers her stint as a House page as a transformative experience. "It actually gave me a really deep sense of respect for...

Rick Perry to affirm plans for presidential bid

In a bid to steal attention from his Republican rivals, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to affirm his intention to run for president...

DNA doesn't link new D.B. Cooper suspect

DNA testing failed to link a new suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case to a necktie that he left on the plane in 1971, the FBI said...

Romney's shaky front-runner perch

Six months before the scheduled start of the presidential primaries, Mitt Romney has staked a strong claim as the Republican front-runner in...

Mark O. Hatfield dies at 89; longtime Oregon senator was bedrock of moderate Republicanism

Mark O. Hatfield, whose 35 years as Oregon's U.S. senator illuminated his conviction that Republicans could be God-fearing conservatives and...

Police, neighbors piecing together Ohio rampage

A gunman killed seven people and wounded another, before being killed himself in a gunfight with police.

U.S. credit downgrade unlikely to fix logjam in Congress

The historic decision by Standard & Poor's to downgrade the U.S. credit rating may provoke some havoc in financial markets this week,...