Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) announced Tuesday afternoon that he is retiring and won't run for another term. In a statement, which surprised his constituents and his …
As the second decade of the twenty-first century begins, we find ourselves at one of those relatively rare moments in history when major power shifts become visible to all. …
Just about everything you'll hear coming out of Washington starting now is really about November's mid-term election. The gravitational pull of the midterms was already apparent last year, as …
Bowing to pressure from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it would suspend the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen following a failed attempt to …
Former San Joaquin Valley congressman Richard Pombo will formally announce his comeback bid Tuesday, igniting a heated competition to replace retiring Rep. George Radanovich, R-Mariposa. A one-time chairman of …
In 2009, Mexico experienced its most violent and dangerous year of the past decade with a homicide count of at least 7,724, a toll largely attributable to the government's …
Soldiers with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan are more than three times as likely as soldiers with no previous deployments to screen positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …
The United States is a country that has been built on immigration and by immigrants. For more than two centuries, people have come from all over the world to …