There have been signs on two fronts this week that the Obama administration is willing to work toward warmer relations with Cuba that have been all but frozen since Havana jailed a U.S. government subcontractor in 2009.

Two days of talks between ...

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to enact new stringent restrictions on abortion, acting on an issue championed by social conservatives in the Republican majority and inviting a possible new challenge to ...

WASHINGTON -- California dairy processors are still trying to squeeze a better deal from a big farm bill up for House debate this week.

They aren't the only ones.

The Obama administration is threatening a veto. California liberals complain it ...

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of presidential campaign veterans, health care companies and community activists will kick off a months-long push on Sunday to prepare millions of Americans to sign up for insurance this fall under President Barack Obama'...

WASHINGTON -- The director of the National Security Agency testified Tuesday that the government's massive surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist "events" worldwide since Sept. 11, 2001, including a planned bombing of the New ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials will meet with the Taliban on Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at opening peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, as the U.S. prepares for the end of its combat involvement.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday ...