VP tag team: Biden, Gore to campaign for Markey
Two Democratic vice presidents are teaming up to head off a Republican victory in Massachusetts' special Senate election. The White House says Vice ...

Dems tap star power, money for Mass. Senate race
Democrats are dispatching a lineup of political heavyweights to Massachusetts, backed by a river of outside money, to head off the possibility that ...

Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend
The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone.
O'Connor voices regret over Bush v. Gore
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is suggesting for the first time that the court should have stayed out of the 2000 presidential ...
US loans from China at issue in debt-ceiling fight
Despite what you may have heard, China isn't the country's biggest creditor. America is. The bulk of the national debt — soon to exceed a staggering ...

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 ...
New film boosts immigration fight
The immigration overhaul pending before Congress is picking up more high-profile support as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, ...

9 years after loss, Nader fights campaign tactics
Nine years after Ralph Nader made a failed presidential bid, a different administration is in the White House, his running mate is dead and his ...
Satellite shelved after 2000 election to now fly
President Barack Obama is proposing dusting off and finally launching an old environmental satellite championed by Al Gore but shelved a dozen years ...
Lots of tech but few breakout hits at SXSW confab
For all the talk of space travel, the wearable gadgets, marketing stunts and lavish parties, something was missing at this year's South By Southwest ...

Current TV, Olbermann settle their legal dispute
Keith Olbermann and Current TV say they've settled their dispute nearly a year after Olbermann was fired by the network and responded with a $50 ...

For Biden chief of staff Bruce Reed, less is more
Understated. Self-effacing. Nonthreatening. Refreshingly old-fashioned. Don't let these cool descriptors from friends and colleagues fool you: As the ...

Gore sued over Current TV sale to Al-Jazeera
A television consultant claims that former Vice President Al Gore and others at Current TV stole his idea to sell the struggling network to Al-Jazeera

Romney back on national stage, if only briefly
Mitt Romney is back, if only briefly. The former Republican presidential candidate is re-emerging after nearly four months in seclusion at his ...
APNewsBreak: Lawyers for gay marriage in book deal
The bipartisan legal team leading the fight for gay marriage has a book deal. Democrat David Boies and Republican Theodore B. Olson have signed with ...

Argentina, creditors face off in NY over debts
The Republic of Argentina squared off with a group of U.S. hedge funds Wednesday in a court case that has the potential to unravel deals the South ...

Rubio's sip of water joins line of political slips
Nothing trumps a carefully crafted political message like the unscripted moment. All-too-human blips and slips were the bane of politicians even ...

Gore hits corporate media, defends Current TV sale
Al Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for "suffocating the free flow of ideas," on Tuesday defended the sale of his television ...

Obama stands his ground on fiscal debates
President Barack Obama devoted one word — "deficit" — to the issue that brought Washington to the brink of fiscal crises time and again during his ...
New documentary targets critics of fracking
"FrackNation" is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to ...

Unexpected inaugural moments make history, too
The inauguration of a U.S. president is traditionally a highly scripted celebration, with seating charts, schedules, dress rehearsals and planning ...

Electoral College count affirms Obama's win
Congress made the obvious official on Friday. President Barack Obama has been re-elected. In a joint session, Congress formally certified that Obama ...
Dem Leader Pelosi to appear on '30 Rock' finale
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will appear on the series finale of NBC's "30 Rock." Pelosi's office confirmed Friday the California ...

Al-Jazeera pays $500M for Current TV
Al-Jazeera has a growing reputation for serious news gathering and its reporters have won some of the biggest awards in journalism. What the Pan-Arab ...