Republican John McCain -- making the rounds of the morning news shows as polls show him falling behind Democratic rival Barack Obama and his running mate losing the confidence of voters -- sounded either bitter or fatalistic,...

A Colombian soccer player shot and killed a fan for calling him "lousy" on Sunday, days after the player's team lost a local championship, police said. Javier Florez, a midfielder for the Atletico Junior team of the Caribbean city if Barranquilla, ran...

As expected, the Senate this afternoon rejected a move to tighten the abortion restrictions in the health care overhaul. Senator Ben Nelson, a key moderate Democrat from Nebraska, had proposed a provision similar to one that is in the House-passed...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is still on the warpath against President Obama, lambasting his administration's decisions on Afghanistan and the trials of Sept. 11 suspects. In an interview with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity airing tonight and...

The Democratic National Committee this afternoon released a new web ad that accuses Senate Republicans of making more than 100 misleading or false claims -- and counting -- in 11 days of floor debate. The spot shows one GOP...

The numbers tell the truth, Representative Edward Markey asserted this afternoon in his latest effort to overcome what global warming skeptics call "Climategate." At the international climate change conference in Copenhagen, the United Nations weather...