Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court.
Three-quarters of Americans say the Supreme Court’s decisions are sometimes influenced by personal or political views, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.
Two years after a trainer’s death, a ruling means less contact between human and killer whale at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., where trainers once rode on and kissed the whales.
As Arizona seeks to avoid the mistakes of other states, some say its dispensary program could serve as a national model, particularly because of its emphasis on medical supervision.
The presidential campaigns and their allies have been bombarding a shrinking pool of swing voters with the earliest concentration of advertisements in the modern political era.
Douglas Hampton pleaded guilty this week to illegally lobbying his former Senate boss, John Ensign, who resigned last year under threat of expulsion but has not been charged in the case.
The Justice Department’s national security division partly recused itself from the inquiry into what one lawmaker called “a cascade of leaks” to the news media about secret programs like cyberwarfare.
Kwame R. Brown, who has been charged with bank fraud and campaign finance violations, was the most recent target in investigations that have swept the nation’s capital.
Mitt Romney raised nearly $17 million more than President Obama as the Republican challenger’s campaign was able to link up with the party’s fund-raising operation.
Before an audience of students, President Obama urged passage of legislation that would keep student loan interest rates low.
A former president’s off-message moments are amplified in a 24-7 news cycle, but his passion is undeniable.
Rhode Island and federal officials are investigating the demise of 38 Studios, run by the retired Red Sox star Curt Schilling.
The latest assault on President Obama’s health care law appears to have little chance of approval in the Senate.
Representative Darrell Issa accused Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. of withholding information in the botched gun trafficking case known as Operation Fast and Furious.
The bill would eliminate direct payments to farm landowners, and replace those payments with a crop insurance subsidy, costing $3 billion a year.
The oil and gas boom has arrived in the Upper Ohio River Valley, and landowners wise to concerns of “fracking” are learning how to get the most from their mineral leases.
See the share of Americans’ income that comes from government benefit programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, veterans’ benefits and food stamps.
Browse data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teenagers talk about their lives in this weeklong series.
Remembering the fallen service members who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One family with a genetic mutation is helping scientists find a cure.
Many years later, graduates of the Horace Mann School, an elite private school in New York, are finally able to tell their stories of sexual abuse.
Since Republicans love to contrast President Obama’s record with that of Ronald Reagan, let’s look at government spending in each man’s administration.
June 6, 2012
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