Political News

Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.

Republicans say Democrats should scrap their ambitious health care legislation in favor of more modest changes.

Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections.

Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon is about to put her political future in the hands of a jury.

Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation.

The White House says President Barack Obama regrets a delay in plans for a House vote on sweeping health care legislation and that he'll visit Capitol Hill Saturday to personally lobby for it.

Chris Dudley is in a new arena taking aim at a governor's chair and Oregon's Republicans think he can score.

President Barack Obama signed into law a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.

Democratic Gov. David Paterson has launched a multimillion dollar, statewide TV ad campaign — the first in the 2010 governor's race.