Politics
Congressional Democrats have released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of a House vote planned for Sunday. Here are some of the main features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve:
A U.N. organization that regulates wildlife trade voted Thursday against bans on hunting polar bears threatened by shrinking Arctic ice and on fishing for the Atlantic bluefin tuna, a species that can grow to nearly 1,400 pounds and is prized in Japan for sushi and sashimi.
Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Good thing President Barack Obama's bill signing in the Rose Garden didn't take too long on Thursday. His press secretary had booked the real estate for his own event just a short time later.
President Barack Obama is backing an immigration bill outline drafted by two senators that says illegal immigrants must admit they broke the law to become citizens.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid says he proud of his accomplishments during his four terms in the Senate, and he's challenging critics and opponents who say he's lost touch with Nevada.
A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened, partly because it included openly gay soldiers.
Fashioned-themed advertisements for Camel No. 9 brand cigarettes featuring a shocking pink logo have piqued the interest of teenage girls in what health advocates say is just another example of the tobacco industry's long history of exploiting women.
A U.S. immigration agency wants to charge at least $111,930 to say what's inside one of its databases about citizenship applications.
Democrats on Thursday unveiled a revamped health care overhaul plan aimed at reducing insurance costs, providing more Medicare drug benefits and reducing federal deficits by $138 billion over the next 10 years.
President Barack Obama will hold a state dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderon on May 19.
President Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible vote Sunday on his health care overhaul.
Democratic health care efforts got an important boost Thursday as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the $940 billion health care package could reduce federal deficits $130 billion over the next 10 years.
Congressional Republicans are in full cry against tactics the Democrats want to use to pass a less-than-popular overhaul of the nation's health care system.
President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus laser-like on the public's top concern: jobs. But the ongoing effort to remake the nation's health care system keeps getting in the way.
