My husband was on parole for a crime based on someone elses lies. He did 17 years of a 40 year sentence. He lost his job and was afraid of...

U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having been told she would be granted extra time to find someone to care for her 11-month-o

The trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others are a key step toward Obama's goal of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced that a group of Guantnamo detainees, including defendants charged with participating in the 9/11 attacks, will be prosecuted in federal court rather than in the Guantnamo military commissions. This i

Former Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to serve 13 years in prison for what the lead prosecutor described as "the most extensive and pervasive pattern of corruption in the history of Congress."

A look at the lobbying groups that shelled out the big bucks to influence health-care reform.

SINGAPORE - President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America's global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security.

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Effective date for provisions would move to Dec. 1 from next February and August.

In recognition of mankind's inherent propensity for tragically foolish decisions, Congress allocated nearly $500 billion Monday for the construction of a new national monument honoring human folly.