Army Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. The following are images from the ceremony, his service in Afghanistan and his family life.
President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family members of a Mexican casino owner who fled the U.S. after facing drug and fraud charges.
The United States and Japan are discussing a plan to transfer thousands of troops to Guam despite their failure to replace a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japan island of Okinawa.
Pulpits and pews are increasingly inflamed with talk of a war on religion after the Obama administration's recent decision on employers' birth control coverage.
Lawyers for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed their opening brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in her appeal of a ruling that blocked enforcement of the most controversial sections of the state's immigration enforcement law.
The governor and his wife, in their first interview since Perry dropped out of the Republican presidential race, told Fox News that they regret not jumping into the race sooner, and Anita Perry hopes her husband will decide to run again.
A federal judge on Monday upheld the Texas law requiring women to have a sonogram before having an abortion, saying an appeals court had forced him to declare the law constitutional.
On the eve of the latest contests, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all visited Colorado on Monday, while Ron Paul campaigned in Minnesota. Both states will hold caucuses on Tuesday, and a primary is set in Missouri.
The Texas attorney general agreed Monday to temporary voting maps that would place two new congressional seats in Hispanic-dominated districts as part of a deal to preserve the already delayed primary elections in April. But several minority groups bristled at the compromise and vowed fight it.
New sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Iran are intended to ratchet up the pressure on Tehran -- and perhaps take down the temperature of Israel, which is clearly worried about Iran's accelerated pursuit of nuclear weapons.
A federal appeals court is ready to announce its ruling on whether California's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians.
Warning that it's a "losing bet" to side with dictator Bashar al-Assad, the White House on Monday urged friends of the Syrian people to help out "before the violence puts a political solution out of reach."
As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model for the post-Arab Spring.
The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling found that the law that bans people from publicly advertising services to assist someone in a suicide violates the free speech clauses of the U.S. and Georgia constitution.
President Obama orders new sanctions against Iran's Central Bank, saying Tehran is imposing "unacceptable risk" on the international financial system by its activities.
Egypt on Monday released the names of 19 Americans, including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who face trial for alleged illicit activity related to running pro-democracy and human rights groups.
Without addressing the first lady's comments about being portrayed as an "angry black woman," President Obama says it's tough to see his wife dragged into the "political realm."
