Alaska lawmakers investigating Gov. Sarah​ Palin's firing of the state's public​ safety commissioner put off a Friday hearing after​ most of th...

A new Government Accountability Office report on​ voting system testing finds that the Election​ Assistance Commission has not notified election​ officia...

A general news correspondent with Reuters in the​ United States, Andy Sullivan has covered​ hurricanes, executions, elections, scandals and​ computer hac...

New polls in five battleground states that could​ decide the presidency suggest the battle for the​ White House between Sens. John McCain and Barack​ Oba...

The House has voted to allow oil drilling off the​ nation's Atlantic and Pacific coasts if​ states agree — but only 50 or more miles​ out.

The House of Representatives is set to vote​ Tuesday on a bill clearing the way for more oil​ drilling in the United States, with the Democrats​ who cont...

NASA administrator Michael Griffin wrote in a​ draft statement to Congress that China is emerging​ as the United States' chief rival in space,​ and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Republican vice​ presidential nominee Sarah Palin bid farewell to​ Alaska on Saturday to hit the campaign trail in​ the low...

The United States plans to expel Venezuela's​ ambassador in Washington to retaliate for​ President Hugo Chavez's decision to expel the​ U.S. en...