Auction house to sell notes written by Robert Kennedy's killer

Last month his lawyer tried to convince a parole board that Sirhan Sirhan was a brainwashed hit man when he gunned down Sen. Robert F....

In New York, Bloomberg's new schools chief is out

Cathie Black, the high-profile magazine executive hand-picked by New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to run the nation's largest school...

Marines, families at Camp Pendleton brace for possible government shutdown

Even for a weekday, the downtown haunts of young Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton were unusually subdued.

Training for repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' going smoothly, military leaders say

Preparations for the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prohibits gays from serving openly in the military are going better...

Congress calls on Henry Clay in budget debate

Forget funding the government or sorting out conservative social policies. In some quarters, the question of the day in Congress was,...

Contingency plan for possible government shutdown packs a mean punch

Confronting the prospect of failure in last-ditch budget talks, federal officials have prepared plans to furlough about 800,000 employees,...

Some progress cited in federal budget talks

As partisan rancor intensified on the edge of a threatened government shutdown, President Obama summoned congressional leaders back to the...

Polls on budget talks show support for compromise but a strong partisan divide

Washington's top leaders insist they want to resolve this year’s budget crisis and want the federal government to stay open after...

Democrats following Republicans into field of undisclosed donors

Democrats putting together new independent political organizations for the 2012 campaign are embracing a model that will allow them to...

Wisconsin Supreme Court election: Republican, Democrat neck and neck

An election that was seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to curb union power in Wisconsin remained unresolved,...

Senate votes down GOP bill to curb the EPA

The Obama administration and its Senate allies beat back a months-long drive by congressional Republicans to strip the Environmental...

White House fears gas prices could tank Obama

For much of President Obama's term, White House aides were convinced the main barrier to his reelection was the worrisome unemployment rate....

FDA approves first drug for form of thyroid cancer

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators Wednesday approved the first drug treatment for a rare form of late-stage thyroid cancer.

GOP bets voters will choose fiscal well-being over healthcare safety net

House Republicans' ambitious plan to cut $5.8 trillion in federal spending over the next decade is built on a politically risky revival of...

The man behind the Manhattan mosque

When protesters flooded Lower Manhattan last Sept. 11 to vent about a planned Islamic cultural and prayer center, few knew the obscure New...

Wisconsin judicial election testing GOP's power is a nail-biter

A normally humdrum Wisconsin election that became a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's battle against public employee unions was...

Might a military jury deny 9/11 suspect's death wish?

His words leave little doubt about his role. It is his punishment that remains uncertain.

For Obama, it's business before friendship with world leaders

On the world stage, President Obama often looks a little lonely, like a man without a friend. But then, he doesn't seem to believe he...