The percent of Americans who identify as “pro-choice” regarding legalized abortion is at a new low of 41 percent, according to a newly released Gallup poll. The figure is one percent lower than the previous all-time low registered by Gallup, which was in May 2009....

At a fundraiser for his re-election campaign in Denver, President Obama set out to upend conventional Republican wisdom that his administration has been defined by excessive government spending.

Egyptians vote on Thursday in the second day of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule.

A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured six people, including a firefighter.

Secret Service director Mark Sullivan defended his agency against charges it has displayed a "pattern of misconduct" at a Senate hearing prompted by a recent scandal involving agent solicitation of prostitutes in Colombia.

Hewlett-Packard says it's laying off 27,000 workers, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business.