Officially, Gov. David Paterson's main focus is the state's fiscal crisis, not the decision about whom to appoint if, as expected, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state. Complete Story...
Gaza's deeply entrenched Hamas rulers won't be easily toppled, even by Israel's unprecedented bombings Saturday that killed more than 200 people, most of them men in Hamas uniform.
Pakistan's reported decision to relocate thousands of troops away from the Afghanistan border toward India threatens the critical U.S. foreign policy aim of relying on the south Asian ally's military in the global battle against terrorism.
President George W. Bush's $17 billion lifeline to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC means neither company will perish while he occupies the White House, yet leaves the ultimate fate of the once-proud auto industry up to the incoming Obama administration.
Iraqis and other Arabs erupted in glee Monday at the shoe attack on George W. Bush. Far from a joke, many in the Mideast saw the act by an Iraqi journalist as heroic, expressing the deep, personal contempt many feel for the American leader they blame for years of bloodshed, chaos and the suffering of civilians.
President George W. Bush's whirlwind visit to Iraq was his ostensible victory lap for what often looked like a personal crusade.
The back-and-forth over when to hold a confirmation hearing for Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for attorney general, isn't simply a matter of saving a date on the Senate calendar. It's an early test of strength for minority Republicans on the eve of one-party Democratic rule in Washington.
The Illinois corruption scandal is an unwelcome opportunity for President-elect Barack Obama to prove he can manage a crisis that threatens to detract from his new administration's bid to confront the economy and other challenges.
House Republicans were heading toward a down-in-the-dumps holiday. Then the House ethics committee handed them a gift.
It was hard enough to get policymakers to finally utter the word "recession." The next challenge may be to get them to say "nationalize."
Those corporate jets were just the beginning.
Philosopher Isaiah Berlin once described Canada as a quiet rock of stability.
With bad economic news stacking up like cord wood, President-elect Barack Obama is ceding pressing decisions to the Bush administration and members of Congress. But judicious and respectful deference risks looking like avoidance.
Not surprisingly, neither the outgoing Bush administration, President-elect Barack Obama nor the Democratic leaders of Congress wants to be blamed for the loss of a once-proud domestic auto industry and the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
On a trip that was probably her last firefighter's dash into the world's flare-ups, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's emergency diplomacy in South Asia ended without concrete accomplishments.
Israel's hardest battle may still lie ahead, and it's not against an Arab foe.
Barack Obama's campaign credo: Change is good. President-elect Barack Obama's credo: When it comes to war and peace, maybe wisdom is better.
Virtually unknown outside financial circles, Timothy Geithner suddenly is the man at every crisis point in the economy.
Pushing the calendar, and maybe his luck, President-elect Barack Obama is urging rapid approval of a massive economic stimulus package meant to calm turbulent financial markets.
Taxpayers may be wondering why they're forking over more money to rescue yet another behemoth, Citigroup, even as their own nest eggs crack and jobs evaporate.
Why aren't the government bailouts working?
A June truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers comes up for renewal next month and it looks like both sides are trying to dictate more favorable terms.
Each time a new U.S. president is elected, the question that leaps to Israeli minds is, "is he good for the Jews?"
Just showing up counted for a lot.
Nine weeks before leaving office, President George W. Bush has little to gain from a weekend summit to rally a coordinated international response to the global economic mess.