Virginia's General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement a national health care overhaul in individual states.

Twister rips through Oklahoma Video from SevereStudios.com captures the wrath of a powerful tornado that touched down in Oklahoma.

Anti-war lawmakers are getting a chance to make their case before facing almost certain defeat of a House resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform - and more rigorous - standards Wednesday as draft new national guidelines were released.

The president sits down in the Oval Office with Haiti's President Rene Preval before the two leaders make statements in the Rose Garden.

For more than a year, Sarah Palin has been one of the most famous political and cultural figures in the country.

The Melancon for Senate campaign today asked the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee to investigate U.S. Sen.

President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but it would not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars as some abortion opponents fear.

Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless appears poised to clear a key hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.

The U.S. will back those willing to "take risks for peace," U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden said Tuesday during the highest-level visit to Israel by an Obama administration official.

White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday.

Sarah Palin has been no friend lately of socialized health care. She has criticized Canada's system, saying it should be dismantled in favor of free enterprise.

Prospects are good for resolving a dispute over abortion that has led some House Democrats to threaten to withhold support of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a key Michigan Democrat said Monday.

Date : Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:23:35 PST Agence France Presse March 6, 2010 Saturday 11:39 AM GMT Turkish PM says US genocide vote a 'parody' ANKARA, March 6 2010 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday slammed as a "parody" a US Congress panel's resolution branding the Ottoman-era massacre of Armenians as genocide and warned it would harm ...

Most U.S. business economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise benchmark interest rates within six months by between a quarter and a half percentage point, according to a survey released on Monday.