President Barack Obama is pressing for investments in infrastructure while relying on tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to claim progress on the

As President Barack Obama considered a decision on birth control that would turn into an unexpected political nightmare, he heard it from inside and outside

President Barack Obama and Republicans are talking money and taxes in their weekly radio and Internet messages.

A former University of Virginia lacrosse player said he got physical with his former girlfriend but did not kill her, sobbing and saying "she's not dead" when

Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for

An Islamic extremist who killed two U.S. airmen bound for Afghanistan at Frankfurt airport last year and injured two others was convicted of murder and

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum implored conservatives Friday not to settle for Mitt Romney's more moderate record, and to instead insist on nominating an

All of a sudden, abortion, contraception and gay marriage are at the center of American political discourse, with the struggling — though improving — economy

Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve

The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in

Lance Armstrong says he's relieved by the end of a nearly two-year federal investigation into doping allegations against him, and that he always remained

The stress, the waiting, the whispers about whether he doped during his stellar cycling career, all of it ended when — after nearly two years — federal

The romantic rival of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend says he saw the defendant with his arm around her

The White House plans to announce a more optimistic jobs forecast this month, based in part on the shaky premise that Congress will pass President Barack

The Democratic proposal would allow unemployed people to receive a maximum 93 weeks of benefits in states with the highest jobless rates, rather than the 99