Washington Bureau

In today's economy, golf is in the rough. And with a bad lie. Once-haughty country clubs are offering specials. Courses have closed or cut back on maintenance. The world's top...

WASHINGTON -- If there is a Supreme Court candidate with inside connections, it is Elena Kagan, the Harvard Law School dean who recently was named U.S. solicitor general. Kagan, 49,...

If there is a Supreme Court candidate with inside connections, it is Elena Kagan, the Harvard Law School dean who recently was named U.S. solicitor general. Kagan, 49, is not...

Backed by a powerful House member, the online gambling industry is waging a campaign in Congress to legalize Internet betting, saying it will continue regardless of its legal status and...

Backed by a powerful House member, the online gambling industry is waging a campaign in Congress to legalize Internet betting, saying it will continue regardless of its legal status and...

The U.S. military has begun flying armed Predator drones inside Pakistan and has given Pakistani officers significant control over targets, flight routes and decisions to launch attacks under a new...

In ousting his top commander in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates agreed Monday with growing criticism in military circles that the U.S. war effort has suffered from stale ideas and...

As President Barack Obama's search for the Supreme Court's next justice progresses, it appears the White House has locked in on two competing sets of nominees: ones who offer traditional...

In ousting his top commander in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates agreed Monday with growing criticism in military circles that the U.S. war effort has suffered from stale ideas and...

"You know, I had an entire speech prepared," President Barack Obama said at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night, "But now that I'm here, I think I'm going...