Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs...

The United States on Friday pushed for an immediate cease-fire in a fast-unfolding conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian province of South...

What happens if the Senate is supposed to meet and there aren’t any senators around?

The United States called Friday for an immediate cease-fire in a conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia.

The United States is calling for an immediate cease-fire in a conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia.

The White House says Vice President Dick Cheney will speak at next month’s Republican National Convention.

The efficiency of America’s workers grew at a slightly slower pace in the spring as companies sought to produce more with leaner work forces. Workers’...

The efficiency of America’s workers grew in the spring at a slightly slower pace as companies sought to produce more with leaner work forces.

Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed an Afghanistan government proposal to increase the size of the Afghan army by more than 50,000 troops.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed an Afghanistan government proposal to increase the size of the Afghan army by more than 50,000 troops.

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt attempted to ease concerns Thursday that the Bush administration is planning to issue new rules that would limit...

Computers seized last week from a Frederick, Md., library may hold clues about the 2001 anthrax letters and the Army scientist accused of mailing them, the FBI said...

Scientists have found ways to tease even more clues out of fingerprints’ telltale marks _ one in a string of developments that gives modern forensics even better...

The government is still searching for evidence that Bruce Ivins was solely responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks despite declaring the case solved.

A federal judge has ruled that American Indian plaintiffs are entitled to $455 million in a long-running trust case, a fraction of the $47 billion they wanted.

John McCain’s campaign says it will review donations brought in by a prominent Florida businessman following disclosures that his business partner, a foreign...

The Federal Reserve says consumers boosted their borrowing in June at the fastest pace in seven months.

Scientists have found ways to tease even more clues out of fingerprints’ telltale marks _ one in a string of developments that gives modern forensics even better...

Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world.