The U.S. Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a huge spending bill that also relaxes travel restrictions to Cuba and could usher in more trade with the communist nation after decades of strict embargoes. ...more

March 11, 2009

Congress is sending President Barack Obama a massive bill funding domestic programs and awarding lawmakers their cherished pet projects after more than a week of partisan debate. ...more

March 10, 2009

Fewer Cubans have been apprehended this year trying to enter the United States, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. ...more

September 29, 2008

Kim Jong Il's companion and former secretary is emerging as a key player in the communist nation after the autocratic leader's stroke. ...more

September 18, 2008

It is clear which nation global corporations will be rooting for at this summer's Olympics: China. ...more

August 10, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night during a campaign debate and said he represents "change you can Xerox." ...more

February 22, 2008

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney most recently came to Florida to take part in the CNN/YouTube Republican debate in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 2, 2007

Like other Republican presidential contenders, Mitt Romney favors a get-tough policy on illegal immigrants. But Romney's desire for tougher immigration enforcement doesn't apply to Cubans, who he says should be welcomed with open arms. ...more

November 28, 2007

TAMPA - Like other Republican presidential contenders, Mitt Romney favors a get-tough policy on illegal immigrants. But Romney's desire for tougher immigration enforcement doesn't apply to Cubans, who he says should be welcomed with open arms. ...more

November 27, 2007

North Korea has agreed to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year, a move that the Bush administration hailed as a diplomatic victory that could serve as a model for how to deal with Iran, which has defied U.S. efforts to rein in its nuclear ambitions. ...more

October 4, 2007