Politics

A federal judge's decision this week to defang Arizona's immigration law may have given President Obama a first-round victory in court but perhaps not enough momentum to improve the terrible political climate Democrats face heading into the congressional elections this fall.

The Minnesota governor's race has turned into a proxy fight over campaign finance reform as gay rights groups protest Target Corp. for contributing money to a group, MN Forward, that ran ads for Ted Emmer, the Republican presumptive nominee to succeed outgoing Tim Pawlenty. 

As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.

A key figure in the government's investigation of thousands of leaked secret war records says the suspected culprit had help.

The 1,200 National Guard troops expected to arrive Sunday on the southwest border for reinforcement won't finish deploying until late September, federal officials say, stirring confusion and anger among Arizona lawmakers who thought the deadline was Aug. 1.

Rep. Maxine Waters has chosen to go through an ethics trial akin to the one likely on the docket for Rep. Charlie Rangel, Fox News has confirmed, further complicating the midterm election outlook for Democrats as they battle to keep control of the House.

As members of Congress head back to their districts for the August recess, they could be met by the same rowdy town halls that rocked the national healthcare debate last summer.

As 30-year-old Chelsea Clinton prepares to wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, here are some fast facts on their special day.

President Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses.

President Obama marked the first anniversary of Iran's jailing of three young Americans by reiterating that they are guilty of nothing, have never worked for the U.S. government and never had any quarrel with the Iranian government.