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Kabul, Afghanistan - Twenty people were killed in a suicide attack Sunday on the governor’s compound in Chaharikar in the central province of Parwan, Afghan officials said. …

Washington - A new Congressional push to sanction Iran's Central Bank is aimed at reducing Iranian oil revenues, but could backfire and hurt the global economy. …

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican presidential candidate, attends a campaign event in Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 10, 2011. Pawlenty announced this morning he is ending his candidacy …

Ames, Iowa - The race for the Republican presidential nomination came into sharper focus on Saturday as Gov. Rick Perry of Texas declared his candidacy in South Carolina and …

As many of his fellow candidates flooded Iowa over the weekend to woo voters at the Ames Straw Poll, Mr. Perry headed to South Carolina announce he was seeking …

Charlotte, N.C. - Casting North Carolina as an anti-union bastion with “regressive policies aimed at diluting the power of workers,” more than a dozen trade unions affiliated with the …

Kansas’ decision to take federal family planning funds away from Planned Parenthood has put the state in a vise. On one side, the state is facing a …

Des Moines - A half-dozen Republican presidential hopefuls jockeyed Friday for attention on the eve of the Iowa straw poll, a ritual that has taken on outsize meaning as …

Moments ago, in a 2-1 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, ruling that Congress cannot “mandate that individuals …

(Photo: The U.S. Army / Flickr) It’s a bit odd to me that with my sense of geographical direction I’m ever regarded as a leader to guide …