Jeremy White

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday overturned a California law prohibiting stores from selling violent video games to children, agreeing with the lower courts in maintaining that the law violates the First Amendment.

New York's economy is likely to benefit - from increased marriage license fees to higher, full-scale wedding/reception revenue - from the state's new law legalizing same sex marriages.

President Barack Obama will meet with leaders from both parties Monday, seeking to overcome an impasse in negotiations over a deal to raise the federal debt limit.

The head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is headed to a Nebraska nuclear power plant where floodwaters breached a levee and forced engineers to switch to backup power.

A wildfire blazing across New Mexico has shut down the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as flames came within a mile of the famed nuclear research facility.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has reached an agreement with lawmakers on provisions in a gay marriage bill shielding religious organizations who refuse to recognize gay marriage, overcoming a central obstacle to a vote on the bill.

A joke by Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Conference, in retrospect, is one he probably wishes he had not said.

Frustrations spilled over Friday as New York's legislative session dragged on without Senate Republicans calling a vote on a tensely watched bill to legalize gay marriage.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan threatened to bypass Congress and work directly with states to enact education reform measures, signaling the Obama administration's frustration with Congressional inaction on overhauling the No Child Left Behind Act.

American Crossroads, a powerful political action committee whose fundraising helped propel sweeping GOP gains in 2010, said Friday it plans to raise $120 million to counter the Obama campaign's virtually limitless financial clout.

The exemptions for religious groups clause has bogged down the gay marriage bill debate, and as of mid-day it was uncertain whether the bill would be voted on Friday.

President Obama will announce a $500 million partnership to spur innovation and create jobs in the manufacturing sector during a speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh Friday.

President Obama's decision to sharply reduce troop levels in Afghanistan acknowledged how much the war is costing the U.S.

Three U.S. senators have called for an investigation after an Associated Press report revealed that regulators are concealing violations at deteriorating nuclear sites.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that reconciliation talks with the Taliban must be a central part of America's plan for stabilizing Afghanistan as troops begin to exit.

For the first time in the nation's history, a majority of babies in the U.S. are minorities, a milestone that augurs sweeping demographic changes as a young, diverse population ages.

Floodwaters pouring out of the Souris River have already submerged homes and forced around 12,000 residents to flee as officials continued fortifying levees in Minot, North Dakota.

David Laffer's alleged assault on a Long Island pharmacy last weekend was partially motivated by his desire to support his wife's prescription painkiller habit, witnesses said.

Momentum for a vote on gay marriage legislation appears to be building in Albany as Republican lawmakers started into a closed-door session Thursday morning.

U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., announced Thursday morning he is suspending his participation in the bipartisan negotiations to reduce the deficit, saying the talks had reached an impasse over taxes.

House lawmakers will introduce a bill Thursday that would lift the federal prohibition on marijuana, delegating decisions about the legal status of cannabis to the states.

President Barack Obama's plan to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has already provoked an outpouring of reactions at home and abroad, ranging from praise for his boldness to criticism that he is not being bold enough or is acting rashly.

Libya and Yemen illustrate in different ways how President Barack Obama has embraced the authority to initiate military action without Congressional approval - a War Powers Act stance more like President George W. Bush than President Jimmy Carter.

The mayor of Minot, North Dakota told 11,000 of the town's residents to pack up their belongings and move to higher ground as a deluge from the Souris River threatened to inundate the town.

President Obama will announce Wednesday night his plan to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan this year and 20,000 by the end of the summer 2012 -- reducing U.S. troops stationed there to pre-surge levels.

Former Vice President Al Gore issued a scathing attack against the discourse surrounding climate change and criticized President Barack Obama for failing to take a stronger stance on the issue, in an essay Gore wrote for Rolling Stone magazine.

Freshly-declared presidential candidate Jon Huntsman said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has been too timid in withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, distancing himself from his former employer.

After a campaign performance that catapulted her from the fringe of the Republican Party's nomination race to center stage, Michele Bachmann has surged to first place in a new Zogby poll of 2012 GOP presidential candidates.

In a speech he'll deliver to the nation Wednesday night, President Barack Obama is expected to announce the initial drawdown. However, regardless of the pace or scale of the withdrawal, the United States will maintain a substantial presence in the country, reflecting a decision on Obama's part to make the Afghanistan effort the lynchpin of his foreign policy.