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US warns NKorea against another nuke test
The top U.S. envoy for North Korea warned Pyongyang on Monday that any nuclear test would be a serious miscalculation that would unify the world in ...
Camp David in the international spotlight with G-8
Isolated and heavily guarded, the mountaintop retreat is known simply as Camp David, but its wooded grounds have been a place of triumph and failure, ...
House OKs $642 billion defense bill
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal ...
Senate confirms 2 Federal Reserve board nominees
The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, bringing the seven-member board to full strength for the ...
Don't bet on Mitt Romney winning in Massachusetts
Don't bet on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney winning his home state or even trying. "That's not been a topic of discussion," Romney ...
Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid
After months of silence, George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race — with four short words. "I'm for Mitt Romney," the former president ...
George W. Bush offers tepid endorsement of Romney
George W. Bush is backing presumptive Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney. The former president offered a four-word endorsement of Romney as ...
Edwards trial judge limits key defense testimony
The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of John Edwards will sharply curtail the testimony of a key defense witness who could have raised ...
Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security
Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the ...
THE RACE: Romney has some hard choices to make
Not only must Mitt Romney pick a running mate, he also needs to decide which former rivals he'll invite to speak at the Republican National Convention ...
Political calendar offers opportunities, pitfalls
The long, grueling GOP primary race is over. Now comes a summertime lull the candidates could find just as difficult — not because the schedule is ...
Capitol mystery: Will Secret Service head survive?
The director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan, could have retired from government nearly 10 years ago and avoided the scandals of the White House ...
Scandal highlights lack of women in Secret Service
Secret Service agents are often portrayed in popular culture as disciplined, unflappable, loyal — and male. A spiraling prostitution scandal that has ...
Suddenly Someone: Finding fleeting political fame
Wanna be famous? Forget reality TV. The presidential campaign could be just the ticket from nowhere to notoriety. It can be done with a heartfelt ...
HBO producing documentary about George H.W. Bush
HBO is producing a documentary on the first President George Bush to debut two days after his 88th birthday in June. Titled "41," the film about the ...
Once Obama's, younger voters in play this election
Once thought to be solidly behind President Barack Obama, younger voters burdened by a bleak employment picture, high gas prices and student loan debt ...
Spill panel slams Congress over inaction on safety
A presidential commission that investigated the Gulf oil spill blasted Congress for inaction Tuesday as it issued a report card on industry and ...
THE RACE: Romney likely to look to right for veep
If he follows recent tradition, Mitt Romney will look to his right for a running mate. Speculation over a GOP No. 2 has been percolating for some time ...
No shocker in store: Romney veep search under way
Don't look for a vice presidential shocker from Mitt Romney. His choice of a running-mate — a search he announced Monday he has begun — will be guided ...
THE RACE : Ups and downs of primary as education
Does a rough-and-tumble presidential primary season weaken or strengthen the winner? Mitt Romney is in the process of finding out, as the general ...
Court weighs graphic health warnings on cigarettes
A federal appeals court Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of requiring large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that smoking can disfigure ...
Whose heroes? Obama constantly invokes GOP icons
President Barack Obama is embracing an unlikely group of political icons as he tries to paint Mitt Romney as extreme: He's praising Republican ...
Romney turns from primaries, toward Obama
Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests.
FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on ...