Politics - Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican firebrand Sarah Palin invaded the city she loves to hate on Saturday and rubbed shoulders with the herd of journalists she usually holds in disdain. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, nominated his girlfriend to serve as a federal prosecutor earlier this year, the Democratic lawmaker's spokesman said on Saturday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats hunted for a compromise on a government-run insurance plan and battled Republicans on home care for the elderly on Saturday during a rare weekend work session on a sweeping healthcare overhaul. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Saturday to do all he could do reignite U.S. job growth as he defended his handling of the economy amid Republican attacks. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will attend the end of the Copenhagen climate change summit, a late change of plan the White House attributed on Friday to growing momentum toward a new global accord. Full Story »

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday prodded large U.S. banks to boost lending to Main Street and cautiously welcomed news of an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic senators sought to further squeeze the health insurance industry on Friday by reducing the tax deduction certain companies can take for executive pay. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States failed to reach agreement on a new pact to cut vast arsenals of nuclear weapons on Friday as a Cold War-era treaty ran out, but both sides pledged to seek a deal as soon as possible. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's envoy for North Korea makes a rare visit to the reclusive communist state on Tuesday pursuing a mission analysts say has little chance of breaking the stalemate over Pyongyang's nuclear arms program. Full Story »

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Obama administration has issued a ringing defense of the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of war, which officials of the Bush White House had said did not apply to their struggle against al Qaeda. Full Story »