The Senate Armed Services Committee heard the testimony from Admiral William Fallon to be the top Commander in the Middle East. Meanwhile, members of the activist group

Muslims around the world today marked Ashoura, a holiday celebrated mostly by Shiites, as it marks the death of Imam Hussein, whom Shiites believe was the rightful successor to the prophet Mohamed....

A consensus of Senators has agreed that the truth behind global warming is no longer debatable and that the discussion should now be centered on how to effectively deal with climate change. Members...

In more news from Washington, the Senate smoothed out major roadblocks to passing the minimum wage. Passage will likely take place tomorrow; and will add small business tax breaks to the $2.10 cent...

Native American rights activists gathered at Calpine headquarters in San Jose yesterday to dissuade the energy company from its decades-long plan to develop a power plant on a sacred area near Moun...

The federal government has launched a new effort to investigate why the pace of New Orleans\' recovery has been so slow. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs yesterday...

The governor of one of Bolivia’s epicenters of protest, Cochabamba’s Manfred Reyes Villa, is currently in the United States on a tour of the United States, telling his version of the events tha...