Government safety regulators announced the largest crib recall in U.S. history after four children suffocated.

President Obama will announce within days whether he will send more troops to Afghanistan, the White House said after he and the National Security Council met Monday night.

A piece once owned by Alfred Russel Wallace will be on display at the American Museum of Natural History.

In honoring Zimbabwe’s tenacious women protesters at the White House on Monday, President Obama bluntly referred to Zimbabwe’s president as a dictator.

The plan will enlist companies and nonprofits, including “Sesame Street,” to spend money and time to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math.

President Obama returned from Asia facing two polls showing an approval rating below 50 percent for the first time.

A dispute over abortion between the only remaining Kennedy in Congress and his Roman Catholic bishop has highlighted the political volatility of the issue and the challenge it presents to the nation's Catholics.

Government safety regulators announced the largest crib recall in U.S. history after four young children suffocated.

The South Carolina Ethics Commission has charged GOP Gov. Mark Sanford with 37 counts of violating state ethics laws.

A conversation last week with South Korea's president apparently showed President Obama the stark difference between how Asian nations and the United States value education.

The Department of Homeland Security has had to stop deploying new detectors because the U.S. has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

Anxious about how little maneuvering room the weekend victory on health care provided, Democrats are stepping up overtures to two moderate Republican senators from Maine.

Many sewer systems are overwhelmed, spilling excrement, medical waste and chemicals into waterways.

Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina faces charges that he broke state laws more than three dozen times.

The plan will enlist companies and nonprofits, including “Sesame Street,” to spend money and time to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force thought its review of breast cancer recommendations would be a straightforward job, but the response to its guidelines was swift and angry.

Republicans hope signs of discomfort with Obama agenda will translate into gains in governor's mansions

The ultralow interest rates the U.S. has been paying on its colossal debt may not last much longer, and the White House estimates that the tab will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a tough road ahead.

Amid conflicting and heated rhetoric, a political pragmatism began to emerge Sunday as senators prepared for a debate on a sweeping Democratic health care bill.