Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades, the Obama administration is overseeing the first direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.

Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No.

Former President Bill Clinton is coming to the aid of endangered Democratic Sen.

It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after pointing out that his then-boss, former Gov.

WASHINGTON a ' Is the Tea Party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarians displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen.

A veteran Democratic Texas congresswoman who admitted she awarded Black Caucus Foundation scholarships to relatives and the children of a top aide has repaid the organization.

What President Obama called the end of the combat mission in Iraq is a meaningless milestone, constructed almost entirely out of thin air, and his second Oval Office speech marks a rare moment of dishonesty and disingenuousness on the part of a politician who usually resorts to rare candor at important moments.

CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis took home 42 percent more pay in 2009 than their peers at S&P 500 firms, according to " CEO Pay and the Great Recession , " the 17th in a series of annual Executive Excess reports from the Institute for Policy Studies.

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A chemical linked with prostate cancer and infertility should be eliminated from cans and plastics used to package food for babies and young children, a consumer advocacy group said.

A young man plunged 39 stories Tuesday from a West Side high-rise, crashed through the windshield of a sports car - and lived to tell about it. "My leg! My leg!" Thomas Magill, 22, screamed after an apparent suicide attempt ended with his landing in the red 2008 Dodge Charger, witnesses said.

BP will begin removing the failed Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer on Thursday, if seas calm as forecast in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration's pointman on the oil spill told reporters Wednesday.

Even as Sarah Palin's public voice grows louder, she has become increasingly secretive, walling herself off from old friends and associates, and attempting to enforce silence from those around her.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday a Middle East peace deal with Israel is possible "within a year" and he condemned the latest West Bank attacks on Israelis.

It is now forecast to be a hurricane by Monday, though any eventual impact to the U.S. coastline wouldn't come before the end of next week at the earliest.

Nearly one year ago, President Obama invoked a trade law known as "421" for the first and only time in the decade the law has been in effect and imposed tariffs on some automobile tire imports from China, which have been surging into the United States from 2004 to 2008.

Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov.

Police shot an armed man who took three hostages at the Discovery Channel network's headquarters Wednesday.

Oil giant BP says it has spent more than $5 million a week on advertising since the Gulf Coast oil spill - more than three times the amount it spent on ads during the same period last year.

Apple's September 1st event was streamed, giving us a clue to a possible video streaming announcement.