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Cairo - Syria’s military forces continued pressing to crush a three-month-old popular uprising on Thursday, shelling a string of southern and central towns even as Secretary of State Hillary …

Washington - House Democrats pressed President Obama on Thursday not to cave in budget talks with Republicans, especially by yielding on cuts to Medicare. Maintaining the Medicare …

Today is likely a decision day for John Edwards. Edwards' legal team was gathered in the Triangle late Thursday, apparently in the final stages of negotiations over …

Rachel Maddow reports on a movement to oppose the birth control pill that is finding some quarter in the broader big government conservative movement.

Stratham, New Hampshire - Mitt Romney, declaring “Barack Obama has failed America,” announced his candidacy for president Thursday by painting himself as a staunch conservative deeply committed to creating …

Goldman Sachs has received a subpoena from the office of the Manhattan district attorney, which is investigating the investment bank’s role in the financial crisis, according to people with …

Last year New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie diverted an estimated $65 million from the state's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) revenues to help balance a $10.7 billion budget. …

The Special Inspector General for the Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR,) established by Congress in 2008 to evaluate the efficiency of reconstruction programs in Afghanistan, has issued a glowing report on …

War on Drugs Has Failed

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Leni Haunga, an immigrant from Tonga, said that without the childcare services she had received at a homeless shelter, her family would not have gotten back on …