Franken's measure passed, 68 to 30.

The US has condemned a Taliban video of an American soldier captured by the militants in Afghanistan last June as an affront to his family at Christmas... Private Bowe Robert Bergdahl, criticises the US over the Afghan war and relations with Muslims.

There was a terrorist on a plane bound to Detroit from the Netherlands.It was an attempted terrorist attack, but luckily the bomb did not go off in full power. The man is suspected to have ties with al-Qaeda.

We've all heard the phrase, "The system worked." It's usually uttered after some contentious, tumultuous, needlessly complicated process meets with a satisfactory conclusion. The suitable result, in these cases, came not from a radical departure....

As we begin our deployment of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, this Christmas Eve will also mark the 3,000th day of the war in Afghanistan and the 30th anniversary of the initial Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. RETHINK AFGHANISTAN!!!

Infantryman Bowe Bergdahl disappeared off his base in Afghanistan in June

Al-Qaeda Recruiter Mocks U.S. Intelligence, Says Accused Shooter Asked for Guidance About Shooting In 2008

The government takeover of health care will dramatically change the way we receive care and ultimately, the quality and access we expect today. More importantly, what is at stake is the relationship Americans have with their government - from one where we

Strange bedfellows call for Rahm Emanuel to resign

Congress may be gone for several weeks enjoying a winter holiday, but Republicans have vowed to keep up the pressure on Democrats who succeeded in getting their Senate health insurance overhaul bill passed before Christmas -- if just barely.