The chief executive of the Catholic Health​ Association, Carol Keehan, wrote on the​ group's Web site that although the​ legislation isn't perf...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on​ Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in​ African-American communities and deliver an​ immigratio...

With approval ratings south of 20 percent,​ Congress isn't exactly acing its performance​ review -- and one congresswoman thinks it's​ time the...

The vote was Iraq's second national election​ since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. The big​ turnout and limited violence were seen as key to​ the pl...

President Barack Obama's furious, final push​ to get a health care bill passed threatens to​ shove aside the message he promised would top his​ list...

Karl Rove, often described as President George W.​ Bush's brain, defended the former president​ in a new book against claims that he lied to the​ Am...

A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a civil​ lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald​ Rumsfeld of responsibility for the alleged torture​ ...

A campaign attack ad that depicts Sen. John McCain​ as an "Avatar" has the Arizona​ Republican crying foul over what he sees as a slap​ to Nati...

A Democratic congressman from Mississippi​ introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday that​ would provide for the withdrawal of the United​ States from t...