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Top House Republicans throw cold water on health-care summit
Leading House Republicans raised the prospect Monday night that they might refuse to participate in President Obama's proposed health care summit if the White House ...
Haitians struggling in aftermath of earthquake face new threat: a deadly rainy season
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.The ...
New Orleans at the ready to help Haiti rebuild
New Orleans — Marie Jose Poux is a hospice nurse in New Orleans, but she was born in Haiti. Ms. Poux was in Port-au-Prince on ...
Afghan drug capital is U.S. target in coming offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led offensive that's expected to start soon in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province will be a battle not only against the Taliban ...
Britain hits grim milestone before major attack
KABUL -- Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 - breaking the ...
White House official: Feb. 25 health care meeting to be televised
Washington -- President Obama's bipartisan meeting on health care reform planned for February 25 will be broadcast live, a senior administration official said Monday.Coverage details ...
Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes
UPDATE: (New updates and media reactions after the photos)Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama ...
U.S. soldier Joshua Tabor waterboards his daughter, 4, because she couldn't recite alphabet: police
A GI waterboarded his 4-year-old daughter in their suburban Tacoma, Wash., home because she couldn't recite the alphabet, police reported.Joshua Tabor, 27, allegedly admitted to ...
Joshua Tabor, Who Served in Iraq, Accused of Waterboarding Daughter
An Army sergeant who served in Iraq for 15 months has been restricted to his Washington military base after being accused of waterboarding his 4-year-old ...
Anthem Blue Cross dramatically raising rates for Californians with individual health policies
California's largest for-profit health insurer is moving to dramatically raise rates for customers with individual policies, setting off a furor among policyholders and prompting state ...
G7 nations pledge debt relief for quake-hit Haiti
The world's leading industrialised nations have pledged to write off the debts that Haiti owes them, following a devastating earthquake last month. Canada's finance minister ...
Taliban to execute US soldier if Aafia not released
PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban on Thursday demanded the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who has been convicted by the US court on ...
Civil fraud charges filed against Bank of America
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed fraud charges Thursday against Bank of America and two of its former top executives, alleging that they ...
Intelligence chief acknowledges U.S. may target Americans involved in terrorism
Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair acknowledged Wednesday that government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad who are involved in terrorist activities if they ...
The Expanding US War in Pakistan
Three US special forces soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan this week, confirming that the US military is more deeply engaged on the ground in ...
Medicare-for-all doctors arrested outside Obama-GOP meeting
Rising to President Obama’s challenge in his State of the Union address that others come up with a better approach to health care reform than ...
Harvard Law student detained, deported by Israel
A warm smile and easy laugh reveal Hebah Ismail’s unthreatening, gentle personality. An American citizen, this 3L of Egyptian descent works with the International Human ...
Game On?
House Republicans don't have an official budget yet. But they have what amounts to a first draft. The official budget will be released in March ...
Haiti death toll tops 200,000 as aid anger mounts
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The death toll in the Haiti quake has swelled to 200,000, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said as angry protests over the slow arrival ...
Pilot errors, not weather, blamed in Buffalo crash
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - Family members of those killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 were officially told yesterday what they had long suspected: ...
Island residents sue U.S., saying military made them sick
Vieques, Puerto Rico -- Nearly 40 years ago, Hermogenes Marrero was a teenage U.S. Marine, stationed as a security guard on the tiny American island ...
3rd ID soldier to be sent to Kuwait for pending court martial hearing
Fort Stewart officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon that a 3rd Infantry Division soldier who has been in the Liberty County Jail for the last two months ...
Obama prescribes election plan to Democrats: Lead
WASHINGTON – In a blunt election prescription for his own skittish party, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Democratic leaders to swing big, be honest ...
Bomb in Pakistan kills 3 U.S. soldiers, 3 children
TIMERGARA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for a bomb on Wednesday that killed three U.S. soldiers outside a girls school in the northwest ...
Bomb kills 3 US military trainers in NW Pakistan
SHAHI KOTO, Pakistan -- A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and partly destroyed a girls' school in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday in an attack ...
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