The government does not have adequate privacy protections for the personal information it collects, according to a new report ...

Unfazed by pressure from Democrats and the business community, Republicans for the second time in a week prevented the Senate ...

Senate Republicans blocked legislation Tuesday that would have given an extra three months of jobless benefits for all unemployed ...

President Bush says he will inspect flood damage in Iowa on Thursday.

The first Bush administration official convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal is entitled to a new trial, a federal ...

Military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise a list of abusive ...

President Bush ended his week-long European trip Monday, carrying home commitments from Europe's major leaders on Iran, Afghanistan ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill on Monday that will direct $1 billion of state funds toward biotechnology over 10 years, aiming to fill a federal funding shortfall caused by White House opposition to embryonic stem cell research.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and South Korean negotiators were set to continue talks on Monday on a deal to resume U.S. beef exports, which has triggered furor among South Koreans, just hours after officials announced the weekend discussions had ended without a resolution.

The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday with 17 cases still unresolved, including a comprehensive look at the Second Amendment's ...

Since its creation in 2004, the Election Assistance Commission still struggles under a heavy workload and the daunting task of ...

Sen. Edward Kennedy enjoyed the Father's Day weekend surrounded by family at his home and preparing to "do battle," undergoing ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit.

Henry Paulson, a veteran of more than three decades of Wall Street booms and busts, knew the good times couldn't last forever ...