With the word's "let's roll," U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and relatives of United Flight 93 victims have turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony for a permanent national memorial at the western Pennsylvania crash site. ...more

November 7, 2009

CC Sabathia will start Game 4 of the World Series for the Yankees on three days' rest. ...more

November 1, 2009

Facing severe cutbacks in state services as the recession deepens, the nation's governors pressed their case on Capitol Hill on Monday, asking for at least $40 billion to help pay for health care for the poor and disabled. ...more

December 2, 2008

Sen. John McCain claimed he was suspending his campaign to 'rush' to Washington, D.C., to save us all. ...more

October 1, 2008

Delegates from Florida and three other big states won by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries got a late-night surprise Tuesday: a visit from the New York senator herself. ...more

August 28, 2008

Delegates from Florida and three other big states won by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries got a late-night surprise Tuesday: a visit from the New York senator herself. ...more

August 27, 2008

Before multimillionaire Democratic power broker James A. Johnson quit as Sen. Barack Obama's chief vice presidential screener, the name that came to the fore in his internal discussions was 65-year-old, six-term Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware. ...more

June 16, 2008

Finding a running mate tops the summer to-do lists of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, and each needs to decide what he wants as much as who he wants. ...more

June 8, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won another overwhelming victory over Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday - this time in Puerto Rico - even as many Democrats, including some of her supporters, suggested it would be best if she dropped her threat to battle on past the end of the primary voting Tuesday. ...more

June 2, 2008

President Bush again called Democrats 'irresponsible' Saturday for pushing an expansion he opposes to a children's health insurance program. ...more

September 23, 2007