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Update 8:24 am Eastern, Friday: After initial reports of an oil sheen spreading from the site of the burning Mariner Energy oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, crews …

Washington - Military auditors failed to complete an audit of the business systems of an Ohio- based company - Mission Essential Personnel - even though it had billed for …

Glenn Beck's newly created Black Robe Regiment — which he has said would be apolitical — apparently has a clear political direction, according to two of its members. Dr. …

Since Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999, Caracas has maintained a testy relationship with the United States, a nation which Chávez views as the primary threat …

Government scientists have found that private water walls in Pavillion, Wyo. are polluted with toxic chemicals used in the controversial gas drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — …

There is something missing in the constant political argument about the size of the federal government. Most of the American public want federal programs when needed for disasters, national …

Japan’s lost decades may have changed its society for the worse. Twenty years of struggling with stagnation have left a mark, reports economics writer Charles Hugh Smith in an …

After months of prodding from anti-immigration politicians, the entire US-Mexico border is now being watched by the Predator B unmanned surveillance aircraft commonly known as Predator drones. The news …

A few years back when Washington was preparing for the then highly- touted Annapolis Peace Conference, I remember commenting that I was “hopeful, but not optimistic.” As we approach …

President Obama wants credit for keeping his promise to end the war in Iraq. Some credit is due: the president reaffirmed his commitment to withdraw all US troops from …