Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's job approval numbers have dropped to their lowest point during his tenure but he still leads his challenger for the state's Republican Senate nomination by a...

You don't hear much talk about women in Afghanistan as the Obama administration goes through its arduous and semi-public deliberations over how to proceed with our "good war." You do hear talk...

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- When a warning crackled over the radio of a suspected ambush ahead, Lt. Col. Rob Campbell swore softly and ordered his three armored trucks to a halt. What...

If Congress performs the miraculous feat of passing President Obama's two top priorities by the end of the year, we may have a crew of veterans and military experts to thank. Even as health care...

As much as Sen. Ted Kennedy's death leaves a void in the health care debate, his voice will be doubly missed on other issues where finding consensus is equally, if not more, difficult and finding...

Politics Daily columnist Mary C. Curtis appeared on NPR's Upfront on Wednesday to discuss President Obama's upcoming announcement on Afghanistan strategy, Oprah's retirement of her talk show, and a variety of issues in between. Click here and select...

The Obama administration's efforts to limit lobbyists' influence in Washington could force thousands of them from federal advisory panels, The Washington Post is reporting. A new policy, announced quietly in the fall and now being phased in,...

The board of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency censured Iran on Friday, with 25 nations supporting a resolution demanding that Tehran close a recently acknowledged nuclear facility, according to the Associated Press. Iran was defiant,...

This is what the paparazzi have wrought: Barry P. Carpenter, a police chief in Ohio , was convicted this week of "theft in office" and other charges in connection with a break-in at the home of the surrogate mother carrying twins for actors Sarah...

The Secret Service is investigating how a Virginia couple managed to attend President Obama's first White House state dinner Tuesday even though they weren't on the list of 320 invitees. Michaele and Tareq Salahi got through security checkpoints...