WASHINGTON — George W. Bush, despite all his recent bravado about being an apostle of small government and budget-slashing, is the biggest spending president since Lyndo...
A world away from the fires of California, harvest is beginning in Niger. "The fields are green. Everything's green. It started raining in June and rained regularly thro...
WASHINGTON — Major grumbling among conservatives about the Republican field. So many candidates, so many flaws. Rudy Giuliani, abortion apostate. Mitt Romney, flip-flopp...
An unusual survey of pilots by NASA suggests that safety problems occur more often than previous government reports have indicated.
But the agency has kept the informati...
CHICAGO — These are difficult days for supporters of Barack Obama. This city is filled with people who have voted for, worked for, contributed to, and, in many cases, pr...
Little spurs parents to action quicker than a sick child. The urge to do something — anything — to relieve the suffering can be overwhelming. But what parents shouldn't ...
Once again, news travels that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is over. Actual voting, apparently, is optional. Cue the music, drop the balloons and p...
Retired federal judge Michael Mukasey is cruising toward confirmation as the next attorney general with support from Democrats even rivaling that which he enjoys among R...
It's time for the country to sober up about how Social Security benefits will be financed in the years ahead.
The official "first baby boomer" applied for retirement ben...
WASHINGTON — Some folks just don't believe government-run health care will work — even when it already is working.
Way back in the 1990s, then-Louisiana Sen. John Breaux...
