The Senate heard testimony for two appointees today: General George Casey to become Army Chief of Staff and Michael McConnell to head the Intelligence Agencies. Meanwhile, a debate on how to procee...

The White House is asking Congress to renew trade promotion authority known as Fast Track, which allows the President to negotiate trade deals that are sent to Congress for a simple up or down vote...

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report will be released tomorrow in Paris. The report, which is issued once every five years, is used to guide policy makers to deve...

Federal judges heard oral arguments today in the case of the only so-called enemy combatant detained in the United States. Legal experts say the case is pivotal in determining who can be declared a...

Greece was shaken by the loud and combative slogans of students today, opposing a plan to create private colleges and universities in the country. Aris Oikonomou reports.

Progressive journalism lost one if its most distinctive voices last night: Molly Ivins, a syndicated political columnist, former editor of the Texas Observer, author and teacher known for her dead-...