National Politics
Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
National Politics
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NATIONAL POLITICS
No sure thing for GOP: a tight battle for Senate
Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist
Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Democratic territory with high unemployment, went after Republican Mitt Romney's business background Wednesday and cast him as a corporate raider more interested in profits than people.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
At G-8, Obama to champion growth to fix European financial crisis
U.S. presidents have long sought relief from battles inside the Beltway and have entertained visiting heads of state at Camp David, the presidential retreat nestled in a mountain range in nearby Maryland.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
House OKs GOP's anti-violence against women bill
House Republicans set up a showdown Wednesday with the Senate and President Barack Obama over legislation to protect women from domestic violence, a fight that's become as much about female voters this election year as cracking down on abuse.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Romney keeps media at bay as he sticks to script
Mitt Romney is trying harder than ever these days to stay on script - and keep his traveling national press corps at arm's length.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
House passes GOP-sponsored domestic violence bill despite Obama veto threat
Unfazed by a White House veto threat, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved anti-domestic violence legislation that opponents charge doesn't sufficiently protect gay, lesbian, transgender people, Native Americans and immigrants.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
World leaders set for busy US weekend of summitry
More than two dozen world leaders will join President Barack Obama in an extraordinary weekend of back-to-back summits to tackle Europe's mounting economic woes and solidify plans for winding down the decade-long war in Afghanistan.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
End urged to terror suspects' indefinite detention
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is challenging a new law that allows the indefinite detention without trial of suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens seized within the United States.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Former FBI agent drops out of House race in CT
A former FBI agent who helped send elected officials to jail, including a governor, is dropping out of the Republican race in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
After teen's fatal fall from airliner, Congress questions airport security
The case of a Charlotte, N.C., teenager who died after stowing away in the wheel well of a jet was part of a federal hearing Wednesday on airport security problems.
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