Jeremy White

A radioactive form of hydrogen is escaping from nearly three quarters of U.S. nuclear sites, sometimes in quantities hundreds of times over the federal limit of what is hazardous in drinking water.

Nearly a week after the waters unleashed by Hurricane Katrina began devastating New Orleans, a group of police officers sped towards a bridge in the east of the city after receiving a call that other officers had come under fire there. What happened next is the subject of a trial beginning this week.

A new set of rules proposed by the National Labor Relations Board today would speed up elections in which employees choose whether to unionize, pleasing labor groups and prompting criticism from business interests.

President Obama is still mulling his options as he prepares to announce a schedule for withdrawing the 33,000 additional troops he committed to Afghanistan upon assuming office.

Jon Huntsman officially announced his presidential bid today, charging that the country's current course will hobble future generations.

Google has used the Solstice to celebrate the work of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami

New York's Senate is unlikely to call a vote today on a bill to legalize gay marriage as legislators prepare to remain in Albany beyond the scheduled end of the legislative session.

The federal agency responsible for overseeing the nuclear power industry has continually rewritten rules to allow aging plants to continue running even as they fall into disrepair, an investigation by the Associated Press found.

Casey Anthony trial Judge Belvin Perry said tactics employed by lawyers on both sides could force him to exclude some witnesses, a move that would open the door to a mistrial.

Republicans are showing an increased willingness to consider eliminating tax breaks as a weapon to reduce the deficit

The Supreme Court today rejected a class action lawsuit alleging systematic discrimination against women in Wal-Mart's hiring and promotion practices, potentially reshaping standards for class action lawsuits.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) attributed the wildfires raging across Arizona to illegal immigrants.

Company executives reaping increasingly larger salaries has been a central factor in the expanding gulf between rich and poor, a Washington Post analysis found.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Lindsey Graham sharply questioned a broadening push, including by Republican presidential hopefuls, to more rapidly withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

The United Nations passed a resolution today condemning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, marking the first time the organization has explicitly recognized that form of repression.

Rebecca Black was expecting a birthday present. Instead, she got a legal battle.

White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer defended the Obama administration's record today to a gathering of progressive bloggers that charged the president has reneged on his campaign promises.

The prospects for New York becoming the sixth state to legalize gay marriage remain uncertain as the Senate's Republican majority continues to vacillate on whether to call a vote before the session ends on Sunday.

The American Association of Retired Persons has announced it is open to cutting Social Security benefits, a change of course for the politically influential organization that could bolster efforts for entitlement reform.

As the international community prepares to deploy aid for Egypt and Tunisia's ailing economies, it faces the daunting question of how to do so without perpetuating the endemic corruption and government monopolization that helped to spark the Arab Spring.

Vice President Joe Biden said yesterday that negotiations on raising the debt ceiling are entering a contentious new phase now that Democrats and Republicans have agreed on cuts favored by both parties.

The Senate moved to end tax credits for ethanol producers yesterday, a largely symbolic move that nonetheless reflects a growing will to reconsider a formerly sacrosanct government subsidy.

California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed the budget passed last night by Democratic legislature, setting up a potential standoff with his own party while challenging Republicans who obstructed his agenda.

Watch and read the resignation of Anthony Weiner live.

Intelligence officials, prodded by the Bush White House, sought personal information that they could use to damage the reputation of an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, a former Central Intelligence Agency official told the New York Times.

Read a liveblog of Anthony Weiner's resignation press conference

California's Democratically controlled legislature passed a budget yesterday that eschews tax extensions favored by Governor Jerry Brown for funding measures that Republicans dismissed as gimmicks.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has told his friends that he will resign, capping a precipitous fall that began with revelations that Weiner had been sending lewd photos to women he met online, the New York Times reported.

Republicans in New York's Senate said that a four hour meeting did not yield a decision on whether they would call a vote on legislation to legalize gay marriage.