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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans’ top negotiator on health care signaled this week that bipartisan talks would continue despite White House suggestions that he and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) − An odd couple of Republican senators have hit the road, arguing for a go-slow approach to President Barack Obama’s push to …

HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) — The greatest heights eluded Ted Kennedy over a lifetime of achievement and pain. No presidency. No universal health care, chief …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama still may push through an overhaul of the American health care system, but political indicators point to a needed …

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at …

LOS ANGELES _ The Los Angeles County coroner has found that the death of Michael Jackson was a homicide, according to The Associated Press.

Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday as the Supreme Court’s newest justice. The 55-year-old is the first Hispanic justice and the third woman in the …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Perhaps the biggest “teachable moment” from the Henry Louis Gates Jr. saga was for President Barack Obama: If you want to improve …

WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obama’s summary of the furor over a black Harvard professor’s arrest was so understated, and perhaps obvious, that it barely rose …

BOSTON (AP) _ Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he is ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping …