ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo is investigating top Kenyan leaders and businesspeople for their roles in the country's December 2007 to February 2008 post-election violence that killed more than 1,000 people.

President Barack Obama plans to attend a fundraiser later this month to help Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Share + Sep 3, 2010 11:07 am US/Central A new poll shows Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk are running neck-and-neck in their race for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is likening the federal government to a drug dealer.

Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him "a risk" who would gamble away people's retirement savings.

President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels.

Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep.

Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.

Released Thursday morning, the EKOS survey delivers nothing but bad news for the Tories, showing their support reduced to a narrow base of hardcore older Western males.

With a diplomatic push from U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli and the Palestinian leaders will start direct peace talks on Thursday shadowed by skepticism on all sides and fresh violence in the volatile West Bank.

The choice of Bristol Palin as a contestant, among others, makes it clear that name recognition trumps talent on the dance floor.

The literary icon has signed an online petition aimed at keeping a "Fox News North" channel off the air in Canada.

Union leaders said Wednesday they will mobilize millions of members in 26 states with a message about "economic patriotism" as they try to help Democrats hold onto their majority in the House and Senate.

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will headline the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson Jackson Dinner next month, the party's biggest annual fundraising event.