Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made her diplomatic debut Tuesday, meeting with two heads of state who had traveled to New York for the opening of the United Nation's General Assembly. ...more

September 24, 2008

The Bush administration Saturday raised the price tag on its emergency plan to revive the U.S. financial system, asking Congress for authority to spend up to $700 billion to relieve crippled financial institutions of their mortgage-based assets, a sum that would exceed the current cost of the war in Iraq. ...more

September 21, 2008

Colombian authorities reported Friday they had recovered "proof of life" videos showing three U.S. hostages and a former Colombian presidential candidate who has been held captive by leftist guerrillas for nearly six years. ...more

December 1, 2007

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he is putting relations with Colombia "in the freezer" after its president, Alvaro Uribe, ended the Venezuelan leader's role mediating with leftist rebels in the neighboring country. ...more

November 26, 2007