The highly emotional and costly political battle over Wisconsin’s Supreme Court seat was supposed to be over on Wednesday.

Congressional aides worked through the night Wednesday after a high-stakes meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders failed to reach a deal on the federal budget.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, extending a multi-week downward trend that gives hope employers will continue new hiring.

President Obama, saying the government was already “starting to move” on a federal shutdown, came out of another high-stakes evening meeting Thursday with congressional leaders without a budget deal that could keep …

A New York City construction worker who witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks has launched a national campaign to counter radical Islamic efforts to get sharia law adopted in the United States.

“We used to conform behavior to the military. Now we’re conforming the military to behavior.”

A Florida-based ministry is urging members of the Armed Services Committee to pressure Pentagon officials to provide answers concerning the repeal of the ban on homosexuals serving in the military.

Attorneys for a Christian professor in North Carolina are celebrating a decision handed down by an appellate court, calling it a victory for academic freedom.

Gary Gates puts the figure at 4 million adults, representing 1.7 percent of the 18-and-over population. That’s much lower than the 3 to 5 percent that has been the conventional wisdom in the last …

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Elders group of global leaders have condemned the violence and “grave violations of human rights” in the Ivory Coast.