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Attorney General Eric Holder got a grilling from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about a flawed gun-trafficking operation that let hundreds of guns flow across the Southwest border. But GOP lawmakers still want to know more about the Justice Department's response.

The coronavirus outbreak is having an impact on politics. On Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans are working to address the crisis, and presidential candidates have cut back on campaign events.

Attorney General Eric Holder faced critics in both parties at Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing because his Justice Department has subpoenaed two months of phone logs from the Associated Press following a security leak in 2012.

President Obama delivers his first State of the Union speech Wednesday in the face of some serious challenges: Unemployment is at 10 percent, the White House is on the defensive and Democrats are angrily griping at one another. But the speech is a chance for Obama to speak directly to the American people.

The Obama administration announced Tuesday that the Medicare program is running out of money faster than projected. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that news should make lawmakers redouble their efforts on a full health system overhaul. On Capitol Hill, senators are struggling to come up with ways to pay for that overhaul.

If you pay attention, you can see or hear a wide variety of birds, especially in migration season.

The bombs planted on U.S.-bound aircraft are widely believed to be the work of al-Qaida's affiliate on the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen. The failed attacks have raised some difficult questions: How should the U.S. and its allies now handle Yemen's fragile government to get it to do more to crush the militants? Should the U.S. use more military measures, like CIA drone attacks? What should the international community do to create conditions that would cause al-Qaida to wither away, and lead Yemen away from the brink of total collapse as a state?

In Vermont, a new all-access mountain bike trail system provides plenty of thrills to all kinds of riders — those who use adaptive equipment included.

Global temperatures soared past previous records in 2023, according to new data from the European Union. Nations must slash fossil fuel emissions to avoid even higher temperatures, scientists warn.

A newly issued Chinese passport featuring a map that lays claim to disputed territory with several neighboring countries is only the latest case of cartographic aggression. From Latin America to East Asia, maps have long played a central role in territorial tussles.