Landmark legislation approved by a House committee shows the beginnings of a political consensus to cover more Americans and give them new rights with insurers.
AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House.
AP - Bowing to populist anger, the House voted Friday to prohibit pay and bonus packages that encourage bankers and traders to take risks so big they could bring down the entire economy.
AP - The U.S. State Department said Friday it was investigating reports that three American tourists have been detained by Iranians while hiking near Iran's border with the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
Three months after the White House released a single photograph taken during a photo op of "Air Force One" flying over New York City -- a flight that caused panic on the streets below -- the U.S. Air Force on Friday released the remaining photos taken during the flight. A chain of e-mails show a flurry of second-guessing and occasional expressions of regret in the hours immediately following the flight.
When American Bryant Neal Vinas spoke at length with Belgian prosecutors, he provided a fascinating and sometimes frightening insight into al Qaeda's training -- and its agenda. Vinas' account of his time in al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan is a playbook of how the terror group survived after 9/11 and continues to operate in the remote hills of Pakistan.
A key House committee passed comprehensive health care reform legislation Friday, moving President Obama's domestic priority one step closer to congressional approval.