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GOP Senators hope for a hearing on their plan after Democrats couldn't get the votes necessary to move the bill to debate.

A left-wing coalition opposed to austerity measures has received the mandate to form a new government. But it's unclear whether Syriza, the party that finished second in Sunday's election, can cobble together a government, raising the prospect of yet another round of voting.

Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown explores the character and experiences of political resisters in modern Russia and in World War II-era Czechoslovakia.

A political civil war has raged in Wisconsin for nearly 18 months — presaging the fierce national politics of this presidential year.

In North Carolina Tuesday, voters approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. North Carolina becomes the 30th state to pass a measure outlawing same-sex marriage.

It's been nearly two months since Sgt. Robert Bales was accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians. After that, U.S. forces essentially stopped carrying out operations in the area of the massacre. As a result, the Taliban has been able to plant more explosives.

There is more information on the story of the al-Qaida plot to bomb an airplane heading to the United States. It turns out, the man who was supposed to be the bomber was working for an intelligence service.

He turned over what authorities say is an intact device. And, he reportedly supplied key information that led to a drone strike that killed one of the key figures in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.

A conference bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators, and ideas begins today in Omaha.Omaha-based Silicon Prairie News began Big Omaha in 2009. Now in…

There are few opportunities for blind people in China. So to have trained himself in the law and to have become a leading activist says a lot about his strength of character.