The Associated Press -
Published: 5:22 am
President Barack Obama is hinting he'll attend next year's World Cup soccer championship in South Africa.
The Associated Press -
Published: 11:22 pm
Global problems, Africa and the pope all figure in President Barack Obama's day.
The Associated Press -
Published: 7:52 pm
State-by-state look at cities, counties and communities where stimulus money will be distributed to combat homelessness and the dollars for each location, according to the Housing and Urban Development Department:
By ANDREW TAYLOR -
Published: 6:17 pm
People in the United States could get lower-cost drugs from Canada over the Internet under a plan that has passed the Senate.
By ANDREW TAYLOR -
Published: 5:32 pm
The Senate has again voted to allow the Obama administration to refuse to release new photos showing U.S. personnel abusing detainees held overseas.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 5:42 pm
President Obama plans to nominate Philip Murphy, a former finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee, to be ambassador to Germany, the White House announced Thursday.
By ANDREW TAYLOR -
Updated: 7:57 pm
The Senate dealt a blow to the drug lobby Thursday by voting to permit people in the United States to order lower-cost drugs from Canada over the Internet.
By CHRISTINE SIMMONS -
Published: 4:47 pm
Dozens of orchestras around the nation can keep playing for now, kept in tune by federal stimulus dollars aimed at saving jobs.
By LESLEY CLARK -
Published: 4:32 pm
The political crisis in Honduras has cost the country nearly $20 million in U.S. aid - and the price tag could rise if the dueling governments aren't able to reach a solution.
By WARREN P. STROBEL AND MIKE THARP -
Published: 4:22 pm
The U.S. military on Thursday reluctantly turned over to Iraq five Iranians it had accused of fomenting violence in Iraq. The Iraqi government promptly invited them to meet Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and then released them to Iranian custody.
By MARGARET TALEV -
Published: 4:02 pm
As President Barack Obama and other world leaders meet in Italy, a global survey released Thursday reflects wide concern that governments won't meet their budgets in this economic climate - and a universal preference to respond by cutting services rather than raising taxes.
By WILLIAM DOUGLAS -
Published: 3:57 pm
House Democrats were working Thursday to avert a showdown with President Barack Obama and the CIA over who in Congress should receive sensitive information on the agency's covert activities.
By DENNIS CONRAD -
Published: 3:52 pm
The Illinois congressional seat that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert once held for 20 years may see a Hastert comeback.
By ROB HOTAKAINEN -
Published: 3:52 pm
Amid the great debates of the day over health care, global warming and economic recovery, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday there will be no pause in the action to honor Michael Jackson.
By MARISA TAYLOR -
Published: 3:37 pm
The Drug Enforcement Administration has removed an agent from his pilot duties after he refused to be sent to Afghanistan on a 60-day detail.
By SUZANNE GAMBOA -
Published: 3:37 pm
The Senate wants to force the Homeland Security Department to stick with a proposed Bush administration policy requiring employers to fire immigrant workers whose names don't match their Social Security numbers.
By PAMELA HESS -
Updated: 4:42 pm
Congressional aides said Thursday that Democratic leaders are prepared to soften a proposal that more lawmakers be briefed on secret CIA operations to make an intelligence bill more acceptable to the White House.
By MARIA RECIO -
Published: 3:07 pm
A group is urging Congress to enact a federal homeowners' insurance program for natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires before the next one strikes, saying such events pose a serious threat to the economy.
The Associated Press -
Published: 3:02 pm
A U.S. government agency is demanding that Iran release seven Baha'i prisoners rather than submit them to trials on charges of spying for Israel and religious charges.
The Associated Press -
Published: 2:27 pm
A glance at President Barack Obama's itinerary for his overseas trip:
The Associated Press -
Published: 1:22 pm
The national motto, "In God We Trust," will be engraved in the Capitol Visitor Center, responding to critics who said Congress spent $621 million on the new facility without paying due respect to the nation's religious heritage.
By JIM KUHNHENN -
Updated: 1:52 pm
The bundles of bad home mortgages that panicked the Bush and Obama administrations have turned out to be not so toxic for the financial industry after all.