By Robert Barnes Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said today that her surgery for pancreatic cancer was successful and that she is scheduled to undergo a precautionary round of chemotherapy starting later this month.

It's St Patrick's day in Washington: The fountain outside the White House this morning ran the colour of Waterford grass, and this morning President Barack Obama and Vice-president Joe Biden are to meet with Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Northern ...

Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry was treated at a Houston hospital and released after being shot in the leg Tuesday morning. Police said Landry, 25, was shot near downtown early Tuesday morning in what may have been a drive-by shooting or an ...

By MARTIN VAUGHAN WASHINGTON -- IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said the Internal Revenue Service will issue guidance Tuesday to help investors who lost millions in Bernard Madoff's investment schemes.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday selected Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney to be US ambassador to Ireland, turning to a lifelong Republican who provided the Democrat critical campaign support during the White House race.

Pope Benedict XVI: Remarks have angered health workers trying to fight outbreak. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP The Pope today reignited the controversy over the Catholic church's stance on condom use as he made his first trip to Africa.

Andry Rajoelina, the man at the centre of Madagascar's political turmoil, seems to be winning the struggle for power with his rival, President Marc Ravalomanana.

As I sometime am inclined to do, I’m going to head a bit off-topic (the topic being educational technology) and take a stab at Dell’s Adamo laptop.

Mortgage fraud in Maryland more than doubled last year, according to a study released by the Mortgage Asset Research Institute. The study uses a mortgage fraud index (MFI) that quantifies fraud based on an expected value of 100.

President Zardari lacked the full backing of the Army and US that his predecessor Musharraf enjoyed, Pakistani and US officials say.

Obama spoke after meeting with two key lawmakers who will play a key role as Capitol Hill begins to debate the fiscal 2010 budget plan.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A prominent US Senator has suggested that top executives of the bailed-out insurer AIG ought to quit or kill themselves, which he described as the Japanese model of honorably taking responsibility.