Federal MP Peter Slipper's sexual harassment case has begun with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott refusing to comment on proceedings.

Former CIA officer Hank Crumpton explains how the CIA toppled the Taliban after 9/11; Then, followers of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen have opened scores of charter schools in the U.S., inspired by ...

May 18 - It's been 32 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in the north-western U.S. state of Washington and, to mark the anniversary, NASA has produced a time-lapse sequence of images illustrating ...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Does your typical work day consist of 13 meetings requiring your undivided attention, 60 handshakes, six miles of walking, and so much talking your throat hurts at the end of the ...

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The city of Tucson, in the southwest U.S. state of Arizona, is still reeling from the shooting Saturday that took the lives of six people, including a federal judge, and left several others badly ...

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The U.S. Congress has approved a stop-gap measure to fund the federal government for the next two weeks.  The bill postpones a possible government shutdown, and gives Democrats and Republican s a ...

State leaders say they will not accept federal funds to create a health care program.

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Topics: The appeal of the Parker decision turned down by the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Philadelphia city council missing the mark on gun control, Domestic terrorism and ...