Couple to plead guilty to spying for Cuba

| |Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A retired State Department employee and his wife are expected to plead guilty Friday in federal court to charges that they have been spying for Cuba for decades.Read more

Nelson says he won't block Senate debate on health care

| |Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three moderate Democratic senators wavering on whether to allow debate on health care legislation to proceed, said Friday that he would vote to move the bill forward.Read more

Sen. Nelson a 'yes' on health care test vote

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.Read more

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

| |Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.Read more

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

| |Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.Read more

Health care issues: Bundling payments

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A look at key issues in the health care debate:Read more

Obama drops by daughter Sasha's school for event

| |Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.Read more

House passes measure to avoid cuts in Medicare payments to doctors

| |Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Republicans accuse Democrats of paying back the American Medical Association.Read more

Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses

| |Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.Read more

Pentagon launches new probe of Fort Hood shootings

| |Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced Thursday that he's appointed two former heads of the Army and the Navy to review the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, amid questions about whether political correctness and a shortage of mental health professionals drove the military to keep Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan in the Army longer than it should have.Read more