Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that by jettisoning key elements of the Bush administration's approach to terrorism, President Barack Obama had increased the risk of more attacks on the United States. ...more

March 16, 2009

The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush was convicted Thursday of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced to three years in prison, lawyers said. He shouted "long live Iraq" when the sentence was read. ...more

March 12, 2009

President Barack Obama embraced merit pay for teachers Tuesday in spelling out a vision of education that will almost certainly alienate union backers. ...more

March 10, 2009

Researchers are cheering President Barack Obama's decision to lift federal restrictions on funding for embryonic stem cell research. ...more

March 10, 2009

President Barack Obama's order lifting federal limits to experimenting with embryonic stem cells opens one more door in the search for cures to Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and dozens of other disabling diseases, said Florida public university researchers today. ...more

March 9, 2009

President Barack Obama said today he is allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund significantly broader research on embryonic stem cells because "medical miracles do not happen simply by accident," and promised his administration would make up for the ground lost under his predecessor. ...more

March 9, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't lose her temper. But she unleashed a bit of sarcasm when someone suggested, yet again, that she's a thorn in President Barack Obama's side. ...more

March 7, 2009

So much for privatizing the federal government. ...more

March 7, 2009

Eight years of frustration are close to an end for scientists seeking ways to use embryonic stem cells to combat illness and injury. ...more

March 7, 2009

A concerned George H.W. Bush saluted Houston surgeons and thanked his fellow presidents for their calls Thursday after former first lady Barbara Bush underwent successful open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve. ...more

March 5, 2009