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Rough inauguration day for new Venezuelan leader
Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years. Hours before President ...
Election council to audit vote in Venezuela
Government supporters began filling the streets of Venezuela's capital early Friday to celebrate the inauguration of their leader, even as opponents ...
Labor nominee Perez pledges open mind
Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez sought to assure senators Thursday that he would approach the job with an open mind and a willingness to work ...
Options narrow for Venezuelan opposition
Venezuela's opposition watched its options dwindle Wednesday after the head of the Supreme Court said there could be no recount of the razor-thin ...
A glance at Kremlin's top foe, Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny, an obscure adviser to a provincial governor just four years ago, shot up to become the Kremlin's public enemy No.1. The web-savvy ...
Hopes, fears as Zimbabwe marks 33rd birthday
The name of Zimbabwe's last white leader, who ceded power to Robert Mugabe 33 years ago and who died six years ago, has at last been removed from the ...
Letter to Miss. senator tests for ricin
An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, authorities said, heightening ...
Kenya Supreme Court: Election was not perfect
Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday said the execution of the nation's March presidential election wasn't perfect but that petitions to overturn the ...
Maduro certified as election winner amid protests
Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, ...
Iraqis prepare for first vote since US withdrawal
Even the dead are not spared the campaigning for Iraq's upcoming local elections. Brightly colored placards blanket major streets and hang around the ...
The well-greased vote machine Chavez left
Socialist party activist Rodolfo Sanchez is all nervous energy as he mounts the impossibly steep streets of his impoverished hillside neighborhood.
In Venezuela election, food is a voting issue
Venezuelans complain that what goes into their Sunday dinner plate comes from abroad: Steak, from Brazil; plantains, the Dominican Republic; rice, ...
Incumbent declared winner in Montenegro election
Incumbent Filip Vujanovic has won Montenegro's presidential election, despite opposition claims that their candidate was the winner, election ...
Ala. lawmakers vote to pardon the Scottsboro Boys
The legacy of the "Scottsboro Boys" is secure: The nine black teens were wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago in one of America's most infamous ...
AG Holder: wants voting rights provision upheld
On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court to uphold a key section of the Voting ...
Arkansas' GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law
Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of ...
Kenyan Supreme Court upholds election result
Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president and the loser accepted that verdict, ending ...
Kenya vote commission cites Bush v Gore in defense
A lawyer for Kenya's election commission cited the U.S. Supreme Court case Bush vs. Gore on Thursday during arguments before a Kenya Supreme Court ...
Ark. Senate overrides voter ID veto; House to vote
The Arkansas Senate voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would require voters to show photo ...
Senate Democratic budget extends standoff with GOP
An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax ...
Senate shows support for Internet sales taxes
Advocates of an effort to help states collect taxes on Internet sales won a symbolic but important victory Friday as the Senate signaled solid ...
Senate Dems vote to repeal part of health care law
It isn't every day that more than half the Democrats in the Senate vote to repeal part of President Barack Obama's health care law. But that's what ...
Man admits stealing IDs to rig Cal State election
A 22-year-old man has admitted stealing the identities and passwords of more than 700 fellow students at his San Diego-area university so he could rig ...
Obama nominates Justice official to top Labor slot
President Barack Obama gave a glowing rollout Monday to Thomas Perez, his choice to lead the Labor Department after an aggressive stint as the ...