Pricing an Afghanistan troop buildup is no simple calculation

As President Obama measures the potential burden of a new war strategy in Afghanistan, his administration is struggling to come up with even...

Reaction to Senate healthcare vote offers a preview of 2010 campaigns

With the Senate's 60-39 vote to proceed to debate, after Thanksgiving, on a healthcare bill that the president is seeking by year's end, the...

Obama gathers his A list for first state dinner

What's the hottest ticket in the nation's capital? An engraved invitation to Tuesday's White House state dinner, the first hosted by...

Mexican American former anti-drug chief's reputation on trial

Around here, the grim joke goes, most people work for the government or the mafias.

Senate healthcare vote clears the way for formal debate to begin

Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their healthcare legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday, as the...

The Russian Tea Room caters to new clientele: kids

There on the left is the plush booth where Dustin Hoffman's character shocked his -- or would that be her? -- agent into ordering a double...

Fox News rolls wrong video of Palin crowds

A few weeks ago, Fox News had the White House on the defensive. Network anchors were scoring political points by ridiculing President...

New York's Russian Tea Room caters to new clientele: kids

There on the left is the plush booth where Dustin Hoffman's character shocked his -- or would that be her? -- agent into ordering a double...

An anomaly in judging at Carson science fair

The 200 judges at the biomedical science fair surveyed the exhibits, pursing their lips. They clutched their clipboards, rating the...

A climate change dust-up

Is it a "Warmist Conspiracy," or a case of an e-mail being "taken completely out of context"?