The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, which goes before the full Senate for a vote.

At a Capitol Hill hearing, experts on Somalia and Ethiopia warned the area is becoming less stable and less democratic.

The Supreme Court launched the desegregation of schools with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Now, once diverse districts like Goldsboro, N.C., are reverting to segregation, concerning civil rights advocates.

The two New Jersey men arrested en route to Somalia to join the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab insurgency share at least one trait with other American jihadis: inspiration from Yemen-based US cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

Facing high unemployment, millennials draw resilience from flexible goals, tech savvy, and parental cushions. Will these supports help them emerge strong from the economic downturn?

Whether to save for retirement or their children's college tuition is a big dilemma for many parents, especially as the recession has shrunk savings, retirement portfolios, and - in many cases - paychecks. But don't shortchange retirement to pay for college, advisers say.

Vacationers should see gas prices rise this summer - but nothing like the price spike of 2008.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown asked Queen Elizabeth to dissolve parliament today, setting the stage for a general election in Britain in which the rival Tories are the front-runners.

Gordon Brown's government cut deficit forecasts today, which could give him a boost. While he was trailing badly, recent polls show a public nearly equally divided between Labour and Tory ahead of the British election.

Education experts say they can’t recall when so many of a district's schools have been closed. The Kansas City school district has struggled for years with declining enrollment and integration issues.

At a speech in Glendale, PA Monday, President Obama attacked health insurance companies saying premiums will continue rising unless Congress acts to pass measurable healthcare reform.  His comments were aimed at Democrats who are more concerned about November elections than reform.

The TSA announced Wednesday that it will begin random swabbing of passengers' hands to check for signs of explosives.

Barack Obama loves to be compared to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln he definitely is not, but the FDR analogy is apt.

 President Obama's White House staff were unusually soft on their take of January unemployment figures after the US Department of Labor reported that unemployment fell to 9.8%.  Yet the GOP had a different view, saying the Democrats stimulus plan had been ineffective in creating jobs - as Obama had promised - and that come November, many Democrats would find themselves "out of a job".
 

Lawmakers want to declare that Fort Hood was actually a 'combat zone' during the rampage in order to get victims better benefits. But that would implicitly declare the shootings an act of terrorism.