Tens of thousands of U.S. troops will stay in Iraq despite the end of the combat mission. CNN's Chris Lawrence reports.
Before President Obama says a word during his Tuesday Oval Office address, the backdrop will make a statement for him: that he is the decider.
Retailers open their doors Monday and roll out big sales to entice customers. Government employees -- along with kids -- have the day off. But do you know why?
The young senator inspired a new generation of voters with his message of change and extended America's hand to the global community in an effort to promote a different kind of diplomacy.
Getting the GOP nod after near-political death is good fortune. Doing it while the Dems fight on is a candidate's dream
Nigerians hoping for an honest leader to fight endemic corruption voted in presidential elections Saturday, but disarray at the polls and a failed truck bombing caused unease in a country trying to solidify democratic rule.
Four U.S. presidents -- including President George W. Bush -- were among the luminaries at Coretta Scott King's funeral Tuesday. Among some speakers' accolades and tributes to the civil rights icon were criticisms of the current administration's actions -- the war in Iraq and domestic eavesdropping.
After all 13 of Mississippi's floating casinos were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi lawmakers are considering a plan to rebuild closer to land.
President Bush met Saturday with his four partners in the so-called six-party talks and said they should send a clear message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il: "Get rid of your nuclear weapons programs."
Before the convention, some Democrats argued that John Kerry already had a bounce and wouldn't likely see much of one after Boston.
Sen. John Kerry may postpone accepting his party's presidential nomination at the July Democratic convention -- a tactic aimed at reserving his campaign war chest for the fight against President Bush.
It is one of the biggest upsets in the political history of the world's largest democracy.
When it comes to political views and political activism, Indiana University's Bloomington campus is typical of the large, Midwestern, state universities, according to I.U. political science professor Ted Carmines, a nearly 30-year observer of campus politics.
Pork-barrel politics are nothing new to Marion Nestle. When she moved to Washington, D.C., in 1986 to help craft the first Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, she was told point-blank...
Nightmare question for the late 1990s: What if there were an election, and only incumbents ran? We're about to find out. Yes, the candidates are organizing fundraisers and phone banks galore, and t...
So I've pulled off one of the toughest tricks in American political history: I've become a late bloomer at age 72. That was no picnic. But it's nothing compared with what I have ahead of me. I'm go...
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