
Obama walking a familiar path on IRS allegations
The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused ...

US launches drone from aircraft carrier
A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could ...

Navy launches unmanned aircraft from carrier
The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper ...
Appeals court strikes down union poster rule
In another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of ...
Budget cuts cause delays, concern in federal court
Federal budget cuts have caused delays in at least one terror-related court case in New York and prompted a federal judge in Nebraska to say he is ...

Politics on hold at the dedication of Bush library
George W. Bush shed a sentimental tear. Barack Obama mused about the burdens of the office. Bill Clinton dished out wisecracks. Jimmy Carter and ...

Barbara Bush on Jeb run: 'We've had enough Bushes'
Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library Thursday, former first lady Barbara Bush brushed aside talk ...

The Bush and Clinton families, on stage in Texas
They have dominated American politics for the past three decades: the Bush and Clinton families, taking turns in a string of positions of power and ...
LA's storied Gibson Amphitheatre closing in Sept.
Concert promoter Live Nation announced Wednesday that a landmark Los Angeles music venue where Bob Marley, Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra performed ...

Bush library exhibits: 9/11, war, Katrina, recount
A tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum begins in a bright area representing his early domestic agenda, but with one turn, ...

Former Sen. Lugar to be knighted by the British
Former Sen. Richard Lugar is being knighted on orders from the Queen of England, joining a select list of Americans to receive the distinction.
GOP senator says he'll support judicial nominee
An influential Republican senator said Wednesday that he intends to support President Barack Obama's choice to fill a vacancy on the federal appeals ...

Reagan, Thatcher forged a close, lasting bond
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, two self-assured and firm-speaking conservatives, joined forces in the early 1980s and drastically changed the ...

Cink, Haas tied for lead in Houston Open
Seven players within four shots of the lead at the Houston Open have never won on the PGA Tour. Twelve of them still aren't in the Masters. One of ...

Taxpayers pay nearly $3.7M for ex-presidents
Former President Bill Clinton's 8,300-square-foot Harlem office near the Apollo Theater costs taxpayers nearly $450,000. George W. Bush spends $85,000 ...

Gov't spent nearly $3.7M on ex-presidents in 2012
Being the leader of the free world is an expensive proposition. And the costs don't stop once you leave the White House. The government spent nearly ...
Court weighs US passport dispute over Jerusalem
A federal appeals court had some tough questions Tuesday about the politically sensitive issue of whether Americans born in Jerusalem can list Israel ...

Justice official to be nominated to top Labor slot
Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama is set to nominate Thomas Perez, an assistant attorney general, to be ...

Republicans: Searching for their Mr. or Mrs. Right
Tired of election defeats, conservatives are searching for their next Mr. or Mrs. Right. They say they want a leader brash enough to protect ...

George P. Bush running for Texas land commissioner
George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to use a little-known but powerful post ...

Jeb Bush: Political reporters are 'crack addicts'
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Sunday likened political reporters to "crack addicts" and "heroin addicts" during a tour of morning talk shows that ...

Independent RI governor considers joining Dems
The most well-worn political parlor game in Rhode Island these days surrounds Republican-turned-independent Gov. Lincoln Chafee and whether he intends ...

Bush: No citizenship path for illegal immigrants
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush writes in a new book that the nation needs to completely overhaul its immigration policies but cautions against providing ...

Republican losses obscure US drift to right
Republican angst over presidential election losses obscures the fact that many conservative ideals have prospered for decades. Conservative efforts ...