A month of harsh words between Democrat Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated Sunday when the bishop publicly acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion be...

Barack Obama, who once had his own electric book tour testing the waters for a campaign, could learn a thing or three from Sarah Palin. On Friday, for the first time, his Gallup poll approval rating dropped below 50 percen...

The Obama administration didn't hesitate recently to pick a fight with Fox News, but its Department of Homeland Security now appears to have backpedaled on a report expressing concern about what its analysts earlier this y...

What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Apparently $100 million. A section in the Senate health care bill increases federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is expected to unveil and discuss his health care bill to Democrats tonight. He may give the public 72 hours to review the bill before holding a cloture vote on a motion to proceed this we...

President Barack Obama maintained majority approval for his job performance in the face of broad unemployment, a controversial health plan and continued doubts about his work on the war in Afghanistan, according to a Washi...

No force on Earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own "lite" version of Eva Perón -- a glamorous and tragic legend, minus the tragedy. Eventually, some clever composer will write a blockbuster musical about her...

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington’s health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation’s drug costs after the legislation takes effect, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest ...

By teeing up a public battle over abortion in the health care bill now before the Senate, congressional Democrats could be risking more than just the fate of the legislation. Hanging in the balance are millions of Catho...

How do you defend one of the most notorious terrorist figures in history? One step, legal analysts say, may be to ask for a change of venue. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s lawyers, whoever they are, will no doubt question whe...