The State Department’s inspector general is investigating Iraqi oil contracts after four Democratic senators complained that department employees may have...

The State Department’s inspector general is investigating Iraqi oil contracts after four Democratic senators complained that department employees may have...

President Bush on Thursday nominated Paul S. Diamond to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, withdrawing his earlier pick for the job after she drew...

Congressional efforts to deal with growing Medicare spending will be set aside for another year under a rule change approved by the House on Thursday.

Congressional investigators are recommending that the State Department overhaul the way it handles passport applications.

Lawmakers on Thursday questioned the legality and effectiveness of the government’s tactics in a May raid that led to the arrest of nearly 400 immigrants.

The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or...

Congress is sending President Bush legislation that triples funds for a global AIDS relief program credited with saving millions of lives in Africa and elsewhere in the...

Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have “limited potential” to reduce...

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has blocked three nominations to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, saying the agency has failed to regulate oil markets.

Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson has declined to explain before Congress how a conclusion he made last year that global warming put the public in...

Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and...

The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed “in good...

The Bush administration underscored its continued support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday despite fresh allegations from a former U.S. anti-drug official...

The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year...

The Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to stop the use of the pesticide carbofuran on all food crops, including those that are imported.

More letters, cards, bill payments and other first-class mail items are getting to their destinations on time than ever before, the Postal Service said Thursday.

The Federal Reserve says banks stepped up their borrowing over the past week from its emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass.

Air Force officials say three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices earlier this month, triggering an...

The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at improving the safety of the nation’s bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an Interstate...