Washington Bureau

Following up on a ruling from last week, the Supreme Court on Monday revived a possible $550,000 fine against CBS-TV for having shown a split-second image of Janet Jackson's breast...

After earning mostly positive reviews from business leaders for his first months in office, President Barack Obama's announcement Monday that he will crack down on what he called corporate abuse...

Following up on a ruling from last week, the Supreme Court on Monday revived a possible $550,000 fine against CBS-TV for having shown a split-second image of Janet Jackson's breast...

The Supreme Court on Monday took away one of the government's legal tools for prosecuting and deporting workers who are in this country illegally, ruling that the crime of identity...

The most prominent face of the Republican Party this summer may well be a conservative Alabaman named Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. Senate Republicans have settled on Sessions, recently re-elected to...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton charged last week that China and Iran have made "quite disturbing" gains in Latin America, a result of the Bush administration's efforts to isolate its...

The Justice Department asked a judge Friday to drop espionage-related charges against two pro-Israel lobbyists, a move expected to end a politically sensitive case that focused on whether U.S. secrets...

The White House began gearing up Friday to select and promote President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, setting its machinery in motion well before Justice David Souter called in...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he expects staunch opposition from Congress to Obama administration plans for releasing into the United States some of the Chinese Muslims being held at...

Justice David Souter, a New Hampshire Republican who became a key liberal vote on the Supreme Court, plans to retire this summer, according to media reports late Thursday. The retirement...