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Distant galaxy regains title as oldest in universe
A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title, scientists reported Wednesday. Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the team ...
Expert panel: NASA seems lost in space, needs goal
NASA, the agency that epitomized the "Right Stuff," seems lost in space and doesn't have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of ...
Senate gives green light to Pentagon green energy
The Senate on Wednesday gave the green light to the Pentagon's investment in green energy. By a vote of 62-37 on Wednesday, the Senate backed an ...
New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder
When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class ...
Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than ...
New Faces: Newly elected US senators
A look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election: ARIZONA Republican Jeff Flake, the congressman who won Arizona's open U.S.
GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained ...
Obama makes a pitch to veterans, military families
President Barack Obama has appealed to veterans and military families in defense-focused southeast Virginia, casting himself as a president who is ...
Romney controversy points to power of viral video
After this, politicians everywhere should surely get the message. Mitt Romney's secretly recorded remarks at a Florida fundraiser — and the uproar ...
In Virginia, rivals for Senate talk up cooperation
Democrat Tim Kaine talks a lot about Republicans — the ones in his family, the ones he's worked with and the ones he hopes will help him bridge the ...
GOP delegates want tough talk at convention
Republicans heading to their party convention are eager to hear an earful about the shortcomings of President Barack Obama's record, the woeful U.S.
Senate scraps outside-the-Capitol session
Call it the historic Senate session that wasn't. The Senate was supposed to officially meet outside the Capitol building for only the second time in ...
Analysis: US dilemma in South China Sea response
China has heightened tensions in the South China Sea with its new, remote island city and planned military garrison in a contested area viewed as a ...
Senate OKs Dem tax-cut bill in showdown with GOP
Democrats pushed a yearlong extension of tax cuts for all but the highest-earning Americans through the Senate on Wednesday, giving President Barack ...
House GOP rejects Obama plan for offshore drilling
In an election-year swipe at President Barack Obama's energy policies, the Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to revoke Obama's five-year plan ...
Pentagon to make database to track medal awardees
The Pentagon plans to establish a searchable database of military valor awards and medals, hoping for a technological fix to the problem of people ...
Consensus cracking on US policy toward Myanmar
The rare Washington consensus behind Obama administration policy toward Myanmar is showing signs of cracks as American businesses grow impatient to ...
Senators press US on Myanmar petroleum investment
A Republican and a Democratic senators and American businesses are pressing the U.S. government to allow investment by oil and gas companies in ...
In Va. Senate race, Obama emerging as key figure
The dominant figure in a Virginia Senate race that could determine the direction of Congress next year is President Barack Obama even though both ...
US shadow wars rely on drones, computers
After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on ...
NASA launches telescope to seek out black holes
NASA on Wednesday launched its newest X-ray space telescope on a mission to shine a light on black holes and other hard-to-see objects lurking in the ...