Elisha Maldonado

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared May 29 an official State Day of Prayer and Remembrance, one week after a tornado struck Joplin, Mo., a city of 50,000, killing at least 125 and leaving 156 people still unaccounted for.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will officially launch his campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination next week in New Hampshire, a Romney aide said Thursday.

Despite repeatedly saying he would not make a run for it, Texas Governor Rick Perry on Friday said he will now consider a run for the Republican nomination for president.

Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann said Thursday she plans to announce her decision on whether to join the Republican presidential race in June - during a visit to her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, the New York Times reported.

Documents released Friday by the Nixon Presidential Library show members of President Richard Nixon’s inner circle discussing the possibilities of global warming more than 30 years ago, The Associated Press reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Pakistan Friday in attempt to restore sullied relations following the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden last month.

Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg traveled to the state's capitol to stand up for marriage equality. On Thursday, he took that message to Manhattan's Cooper Union College, and took it one step further.

A CNN/University of New Hampshire poll released Tuesday finds the field wide-open for the narrowing number of candidates for the Republican primary.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum announced he will formally declare his candidacy for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination on June 6, and to ensure his level of seriousness, has begun filling out his campaign staffs in Iowa and New Hampshire, Politico reported.

A 22-year-old Marine who had come to New York for Fleet Week died early Thursday after he was struck by a car while crossing the West Side Highway, the New York Times reported.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who officially announced his candidacy for president earlier this week, broke with House Republicans over Medicare, saying Wednesday that his plan to reform Medicare would allow seniors to choose between the current program or other options.

In a rare public appearance, former Vice President Dick Cheney said he hopes House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan doesn't run for president. And his reason is an interesting one.

In the aftermath of Republican defeat in a New York special Congressional election, Republican House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan is now bearing the brunt of voter anger, but it won't deter him from fighting for his Medicare plan --- even if it ruins his political career, according to a report.

A new bill signed Wednesday by the Republican governor of Wisconsin will now require voters in the state to show photo identification when they go to the polls, Reuters reported.

Following the Tuesday special election win of a Democrat over a Republican for a vacant House seat in upstate New York - a seat, typically held by Republicans - former President Bill Clinton had some steady advice for his fellow Democrats: Don't get too carried away.

Typically occupied by a Republican in the largely conservative district, the recently vacated House seat in New York's 26th Congressional District is now to be occupied by a Democrat.

A day after New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's smoking-in-public-places-is-no-longer-legal went into effect, smokers continued to have it their way: By defying the new law, smoking anyway, and getting away with it, the New York Daily News reports.

Tim Pawlenty announced yesterday that he was running for the Republican presidential nomination with the platform of telling the truth to the American people.

The already small crop of candidates running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination might be bolstered by one more if former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani decides to jump in the ring.

President Barack Obama opened his four-nation, six-day tour through Europe with a stop in Ireland on Monday. There, he downed a pint of Guinness, traversed to the tiny town of Moneygall to meet distant relatives, and spoke to an estimated cheering crowd of 25,000 in Dublin.

The death toll in Joplin, Mo., rose to 90 today after what officials are calling the deadliest tornado in the country since 1953.

If the GOP field isn't quite up to snuff in the following months, Donald Trump might be faced with no other option than to change his mind about running for the 2012 Republican nomination, NBC New York reports.

Tim Pawlenty made his 2012 Republican presidential campaign official with a two-minute video that promised he has the courage to tell the truth to the American people.

An Ohio husband and wife have pleaded guilty to charges they helped finance a Mideast terrorist group, Fox News reported Monday.

A massive tornado ripped its way across the southwest Missouri city of Joplin Sunday, killing at least 89 people, with authorities warning that the toll could rise as rescuers continue their search, according to reports.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will formally announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday in Iowa, an aide said.

So far, it's been mum's the word on whether she will run for president, but Sarah Palin knows one thing for certain: there's fire in her belly.

The U.S. State Department declined to confirm a report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke angrily with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Obama reached two conclusions during their meeting at the White House Friday: They share visions for peace; and they differ in how they think it is best attained.