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COLUMBUS: In response to a newspaper's investigation, Ohio's governor is calling for a major review of the way the state deals with domestic violence.

A top Obama administration official on Thursday praised the new Senate health care bill's attempt to find a compromise on abortion coverage a ' even as an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Sen.

The votes were the final brush strokes to the House Financial Services Committee 's response to last year's banking meltdown.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leaning toward running for the U.S. Senate rather than making a bid for governor, two Republican advisers said Thursday."From staff, we have been hearing that he has been indicating quietly and privately recently that governor might not be the best fit for him now," one adviser said, "but the U.S. Senate ...

Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

Alexandra Kerry, seen in May, was booked at the Hollywood police station and was held for about five hours.

Washington -- A House committee voted Wednesday to give the government the right to dismantle financial firms that are so big, interconnected and leveraged that they could harm the economy, even if they are healthy.

When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.Admonish, a verb dating to the 14th century meaning "to express warning or disapproval in a ...

More than 1 million people will run out of unemployment benefits in January unless Congress quickly extends federal emergency aid, a nonprofit group said Wednesday.

Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor this week would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, a Democratic leadership aide said Wednesday, citing a report from congressional budget experts.

A group of House Democrats are stepping up demands for greater transparency from the Federal Reserve after reports that the Fed mishandled the bailout of insurance giant American International Group Inc.

President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed: "Failure is not an option." In one of a series of TV interviews during his trip to Asia, Obama said those offended by the legal privileges given to Mohammed by virtue of getting a ...

With the House passage of the health care bill, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, who represents Ohio's 9th District, says for her constituents to relax and don't be anxious in this edition of FOX Toledo's Talk Back.

Robert C. Byrd a ' then a U.S. representative a ' is shown in 1958. On Wednesday, he'll become the longest serving member of either house of Congress.

A A A' Big political names abound in New York: Mario Cuomo. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Democrats were poised Tuesday end to end a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court nominee and show Republicans they can't stop President Barack Obama from turning the federal judiciary to the left.

A senior House Democrat says the government didn't force Bank of America to take over Merrill Lynch and bank executives knew they had little chance of legally being able to back out of the deal.

Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial candidates.

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to use the interest the government collects from the federal financial bailout fund to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.

In this Aug. 4, 2009 photo, Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott speaks during a press conference about the Chicago Public Schools Annual Back-To-School Campaign at Robeson High School in Chicago.