WASHINGTON - The most extraordinary thing about yesterday's political duel between President Obama and former vice president Dick Cheney wasn't the passion of their convictions or the clash of...

Baucus said lawmakers were now motivated by "sobering" projections of rising health costs and millions more uninsured Americans, now estimated at about 46 million, if they fail.Baucus spoke as the...

Admiral Michael Mullen, who chairs the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was speaking at a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington.Thousands of Pakistani troops are already battling...

This week's debate in the House Energy and Commerce Committee was, in essence, over before the first gavel. Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) had won over a majority by offering Democrats from...

"We can't deny that our success in that regard [in Afghanistan] may only push them [militants] deeper into Pakistan," he said."Can I... [be] 100% certain that won't destabilise Pakistan? I don't...

The growth in seasonal hurricane forecasting — Gray and Klotzbach issue their first forecast for the following season immediately after the end of the last, and other groups soon follow — suggests...

That was old hat for Bryant, who leads active players with 57 playoff games with more than 30 points.It's new territory, though, for Denver forward Carmelo Anthony, who had 39 points in Game 1 and...

"But it looks like these paramilitary groups are entering and roaming freely, particularly during the night."Poor would be hard hit by proposed California budget cutsReporting from Sacramento --...

Eckstein gets hit by pitch with bases loaded to tie gameSAN DIEGO -- Scott Hairston singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday as the Padres defeated the Giants, 3-2, at...

''We are not going to release anyone if it would endanger our national security, nor will we release detainees within the United States who endanger the American people,'' he said.He spoke from a...