WASHINGTON -- Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote...

WASHINGTON -- What a difference four years make. When Barack Obama was running for president, he successfully managed to distance himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, leaving his Chicago church during the campaign and shrugging off suggestions ...

WASHINGTON -- A presidential race recently focused on high school has come to resemble a popularity contest of the same vintage.

Hence, we read that women like Barack best (except when they don't). This week, a New York Times/CBS News poll shows ...

WASHINGTON -- This past week's news cycle has produced two narratives:

One, Barack Obama is an evolutionary, 21st-century hero who supports equality for all. Two, Mitt Romney is a gay-bashing bully mired in the previous century, who also supports...

WASHINGTON -- Close your eyes and picture 110 million obese people waddling around America's sidewalks. You'll probably want to keep your eyes closed.

Such is the scenario suggested by a new study projecting that 42 percent of American adults ...

WASHINGTON -- News that Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his family might be allowed to leave China for a university fellowship in the U.S. brought relief not only to Chen, but also to dissidents around the world.

It also may have put a ...