07 Nov 11:58

AP - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.

07 Nov 10:17

AP - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.

25 Jun 20:05
It says a lot about this presidency that there is so much else going on that the public has almost forgotten that our troops are still fighting two wars. And yet, there is big trouble on both fronts. In Iraq, where our troops are at least in the process of withdrawing, a recent spate of bloody attacks indicates things may be about to take an ugly turn. Even more disturbingly, in Afghanistan, where Obama has decided to escalate rather than extricate, there is still not even the glimmer of an exit strategy. Tomorrow will be White House Watch's last day at The Washington Post. One of my many regrets is that I didn't get around to writing more about Obama's Afghanistan policy, its extraordinarily bloody ramifications, how it threatens to sink the nation in a Vietnam-like quagmire -- and, most significantly, how the president has never really made the case

04 Jun 17:01
At the Sundance Film Festival way back in January, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers spoke to actor Sam Rockwell for his movie premiering there, Moon for Peter's show Popcorn on ABC News Now. Well, now that movie is coming out (Friday...

15 Apr 14:21
Shes the unlikely singing sensation thats taken Britain and the rest of the world by storm. Susan Boyle, an unassuming 47-year-old woman who lives with her cat and confesses shes never even been kissed, wowed the judges, including Simon Cowell,...

06 Nov 20:37
Rothenberg Political Report: "Bill Owens' victory in New York's 23rd was the good news for Democrats this week and continued the party's winning streak in competitive House special elections. But the dynamic that helped Owens win -- including a divided Republican Party -- can't be ignored and aren't likely to be replicated again. For now, his reelection next year is a Pure Toss-Up."

07 Nov 06:53
Theres more to the city than country music, especially in once-sleepy neighborhoods that are now beating to a stylish, new rhythm.

07 Nov 06:23
The number of unemployed rose to 15.7 million in October, as 190,000 nonfarm jobs were lost, the government said, and economists do not expect relief until next year.