Jeremy White

Democratic candidates in six Wisconsin recall elections defeated decoy candidates who Republicans encouraged to run, setting the stage for state Senate races widely viewed as referendums on a divisive law that curtailed public unions' collective bargaining rights.

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney refused once again to appease the social conservative bloc, refusing to sign a pro-marriage pledge that generated controversy for language, since removed, that appeared to endorse slavery.

The Republican Party today is one where ideological purity trumps any spirit of compromise or pragmatism

The phone hacking controversy embroiling Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. led the media titan to scuttle the highly profitable News of the World, but when it comes to raking in profits Murdoch's media empire can still count on one benefactor: the U.S. government.

A burly caped crusader named 'Foreskin Man,' produced out of San Francisco's contentious debate over whether to ban circumcisions, has provoked allegations of anti-Semitism bubbling beneath the sensitive topic.

A new study suggests that common cold treatments may indeed cause people to feel better -- if they believe they will.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., assailed President Barack Obama's attempt to forge a grand debt deal as smoke and mirrors, a sign of intensifying rhetoric inside the beltway, as the deadline to strike a compromise draws closer.

On the same day that Human Rights Watch released a report calling for former President George W. Bush to be prosecuted for alleged war crimes, the United Nations assailed the Obama administration for obstructing an investigation into alleged abuses of another detainee: Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Four Atlanta area superintendents and two principals lost their jobs on Tuesday, the first of what is likely to be a spate of firings after investigators uncovered systematic cheating by Atlanta educators.

Four Atlanta area superintendents and two principals lost their jobs on Tuesday, the first of what is likely to be a spate of firings after investigators uncovered systematic cheating by Atlanta educators.

Paul may be having his swan song just as his ideology is catching on

We have built machines capable of summoning the artificial intelligence needed to defeat a human on 'Jeopardy,' but grocery shopping is still beyond their metallic grasp.

George W. Bush and senior officials responsible for torture and mistreatment of detainees must be prosecuted, if not by the Obama administration then by the international community, a report released on Tuesday by Human Rights Watch charged.

The pressure to end 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' continues.

Sister Wives star Kody Brown is going to court to defend the unusual family arrangement that catapulted him and his wives -- all four of them -- to television fame.

The heat wave and debilitating drought affecting more than a dozen states has people asking a common question in this season of extreme weather: why? The answer is likely a weather phenomenon called La Niña.

Soaring temperatures have scorched states from Illinois to Texas and have done more than cause discomfort -- a record drought is battering farmers and ranchers whose crops are withering and whose livestock are going unfed.

See dazzling photos of a monkey marriage

The counties suffering from the highest rates of HIV/AIDS are predominantly located in the South, according to an analysis of data from 43 states conducted by USA Today.

Less than a week after a gruesome Yellowstone grizzly attack claimed a 57-year-old California man's life, a vacationing Oregon man rescued a woman facing down a bear in his kayak.

New York's legalizing gay marriage could encourage same sex couples to adopt, experts say.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will announce after a swing through New Hampshire whether he will run for U.S. president in 2012.

Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan calling for a broad restructuring of Medicare has made the race for his Wisconsin seat a closely watched indicator of the larger political landscape, Roll Call reported.

A record-breaking wall of summer warmth is rolling across the country, potentially posing a serious health risk, as soaring temperatures approach 105 F degrees is some locales.

A majority of Americans rejected the Casey Anthony verdict, which declared Anthony innocent, a new USA Today/Gallup Poll indicated.

Visitor passes for the first day of the soon-to-be-opened 9/11 Memorial vanished within an hour of being made available on Monday morning. The first day for public admittance is September 12, 2011. A private service will be held on September 11, 2011 for relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

The backlash against Alabama's tough new immigration law intensified on Friday as several civil rights groups sued to try and overturn legislation, calling it the most extreme in the nation. Are they correct?

Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann is again weathering criticism over a statement related to slavery, this time for signing a document that suggested African American families were more stable when slavery was legal.

It has become a question of when, not if Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce his 2012 presidential campaign, according to political insiders in Austin.