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WASHINGTON - This time, the picture is the story. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question: Full Story »

AUSTIN, Texas - Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way. Full Story »

President Barack Obama has ordered a full review into how a Virginia couple managed to make their way into the White House for last week's state dinner without an invitation, even getting so far as to meet the president in the official receiving line, according to a White House official. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The White House says a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board to censure Iran over its disputed nuclear program shows the "growing international deficit of confidence" in Iran's intentions. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The young invincibles. That's what the insurance industry calls them. Full Story »

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The White House is open for Christmas. Full Story »

Nearly a year after President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion Economic Recovery Act, both the Democratic and Republican parties are re-engaged in a high-stakes battle to shape public perceptions of the administration’s stimulus package. Full Story »

MANILA (AFP) - Police have ended a grisly search for corpses and mass graves from an election-linked massacre in the southern Philippines, with the known death toll standing at 57, officials said Saturday. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's narrower-than-expected reelection campaign cost the billionaire some $102 million, or about $183 per vote, The New York Times reported on Friday evening, making him the top-spending self-financed politician in U.S. history. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House this week without an invitation met U.S. President Barack Obama in the receiving line, a White House official said on Friday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line. Full Story »

Tapping into the deep reservoir of anger on the right at President Barack Obama and Congress has turned out to be a financial boon to a diverse collection of tea party-affiliated political groups and candidates soliciting donations and raising money from the sale of T-shirts, books and paraphernalia. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will meet with the Australian prime minister at the White House on Monday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months. Full Story »