Palin resigning as Alaska governor
AP - 1 hour ago

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down — throwing into question whether she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Rising debt may be next crisis
AP - 3 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt.

Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay
AP - 12 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.

Republican: Sotomayor had ties to extreme group
AP - 12 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring.

Obama begins July 4th celebration at Camp David
AP - 8 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers.

Obama tells Russia's Putin the Cold War is history
AP - 7 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.

SC senator defends ouster of Honduran president
AP - 22 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.

Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months
AP - 22 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.

Analysis: US leverage small in Honduran coup
AP - 23 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - The coup that deposed the president of Honduras exposed the small leverage that even millions of dollars in aid and longtime military cooperation will buy.

Cheney discussed media inquiries into Plame leak
AP - 19 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to a court filing.