The House on Wednesday approved language that would allow Cuban-Americans to visit relatives on the island more frequently and also ease some U.S. restrictions on trade with Cuba. ...more

February 26, 2009

The House on Wednesday approved language that would allow Cuban-Americans to visit their relatives on the island more frequently and also ease some U.S. restrictions on trade with Cuba. ...more

February 25, 2009

Florida Sen. Mel Martinez lashed out at a Senate report Monday that says there is little evidence to suggest a democracy will soon arise in Cuba's post-Castro era unless the United States changes its own policies toward that country. ...more

February 24, 2009

Florida Sen. Mel Martinez lashed out at a Senate report Monday that there is little evidence to suggest a democracy will soon arise in Cuba's post-Castro era unless the United States changes its own policies toward that country. ...more

February 23, 2009

The U.S. policy of shunning communist Cuba by imposing a strict trade embargo has failed to prod the island nation toward democracy and should be re-evaluated, according to the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. ...more

February 22, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has confirmed Hillary Rodham Clinton to become secretary of state. ...more

January 21, 2009

"I assembled this team because I'm a strong believer in strong personalities and strong opinions. I think that's how the best decisions are made. One of the dangers in the White House, based on my reading of history, is that you get wrapped up in group think and everybody agrees with everything and there's no discussion and there are no dissenting views." ...more

December 2, 2008

Perhaps the only institution in America whose approval rating is beneath that of Congress is the media. ...more

October 25, 2008

In selecting Sen. Joseph Biden as his running mate, Barack Obama gains some needed foreign policy expertise. ...more

August 27, 2008

This advertisement for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was introduced on Friday and is running on national cable networks and on television stations in 11 battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Ohio. ...more

July 20, 2008