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Newt Gingrich predicted during a press conference following Saturday’s Nevada caucuses that he would emerge as the GOP front-runner again by the Texas primary.

The one problem with that: We have no idea when Texas will hold its primary. A spat over redistricting is likely to push it beyond its scheduled date, April 3.

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The Obama administration has slowed resettlement of Iraqi refugees in the United States because of concerns about al-Qaeda, official says.

The Fifth Down blog is offering live analysis and commentary on Super Bowl XLVI, the broadcast and the halftime show.

Even though the Senate reached a bipartisan deal Thursday about an ethics bill regulating the personal financial activities of lawmakers, that didn't stop House leaders from arguing over how to proceed with the measure in their own chamber this week.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor promised to take quick action ...

President Obama said Sunday he is determined to work with Israel in "lock step" to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and tried to allay concerns that Israel is preparing to carry out a unilateral military strike.

"I don’t think that Israel has made a decision on what they need ...

The Obama administration has chosen to mark the end of the Iraq War with a state-dinner-like event at the White House.

Fresh off news of the biggest U.S. job gain in nine months, policymakers and lawmakers took to the airwaves Sunday morning to offer their spin on the plodding economic recovery - and to say whether they praise or blame President Obama for it.

Govs. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Martin ...

Authorities say it appears Josh Powell, the husband of a missing Utah woman, blew the house up on purpose.

Lucas Papademos, the Greek premier, failed to make party leaders accept harsh terms in return for a second ?130bn bail-out, pushing Athens closer to a disorderly default as early as next month.

Media Decoder live-blogs the Super Bowl XLVI commercials.

Extreme cold and heavy snow buried parts of Europe over last few days, claiming hundreds of lives, straining utilities and snarling transportation.

After fighting for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, hundreds of Tuareg rebels helped themselves to some of his weapons and returned to Mali to continue a longstanding rebellion.

The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – it is bordering on insolvency – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.

A Tea Party-aligned group funneled more than $1.3 million in anonymous contributions to super PAC as it targets senator.

Potential support from California and New York would come in exchange for tightening provisions in order to preserve the right to investigate past misdeeds by the banks, and stepping up oversight.

After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth about how the war there is going.

Newt Gingrich is wooing NASCAR voters. As he charts a possible course to the Republican nomination, aides say Gingrich will paint frontrunner Mitt Romney as the candidate of the PGA golf tour while the former House speaker pursues the blue collar mantle of Dale Earnhardt.

The death toll from fighting between Syrian government forces and civilians rises as government troops shelled the city of Homs from dusk to dawn, opposition groups say.