President Barack Obama on Saturday resumed his push to overhaul the health care system, telling a Congressional Black Caucus conference that there comes a time when "the cup of endurance runs over."

Obama presses health care plan at Congressional Black Caucus' annual conference in Washington. President Barack Obama on Saturday resumed his push to overhaul the health care system, telling a Congressional Black Caucus conference that there comes a time when "the cup of endurance runs over."

The top commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan has asked for 30,000-40,000 more troops to fight Islamist insurgents, Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday.

California Republicans look ahead to 2010 races for governor, US Senate at party convention. The Republican race to challenge liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat next year is shaping up as a likely contest between a socially conservative state lawmaker and a former Silicon Valley chief executive whose views are barely known to GOP voters in the state.

(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp has suspended its current commitments to ACORN Housing, an affiliate of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a scandal-hit U.S. liberal grassroots group, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday.

They call her "President Snowe" in the blogosphere.

Power of Snowe: Maine Republican wields clout on health care. They call her "President Snowe" in the blogosphere.

Democratic US Senator John Kerry said Monday that President Barack Obama and the Congress should not automatically grant the top US military commander in Afghanistan's request for more troops.

US Senator James Webb, a strong supporter of engaging Myanmar, announced Monday he would meet with Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

A senior US official on Monday branded the return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya to Honduras as "irresponsible" and said it would not help restore democracy.

Correction: Unemployment benefits story. In a Sept. 24 story about labor commissioners from various states urging the U.S. Senate to extend unemployment benefits, The Associated Press, relying on information from the New York State Department of Labor, erroneously reported that Mississippi was among the states represented at a news conference. The department now says Mississippi wasn't represented.

US officials: A hunch, careful intelligence work led to discovery of Iranian nuclear site. U.S. intelligence agencies hit paydirt several years ago when they searched for a hidden Iranian uranium-enrichment site, spotting telltale signs of digging outside the holy city of Qom.

Get older, pay higher health premiums: Congress tries to figure out a fair equation. Old people get sick more than young people, and in most states that adds up to them paying a lot more for their health insurance premiums.

Old people get sick more than young people, and in most states that adds up to them paying a lot more for their health insurance premiums.

Medicare is looking like a big fat piggy bank for health care overhaul.

Will health care overhaul weaken the safety net for seniors, or help heal Medicare?. Medicare is looking like a big fat piggy bank for health care overhaul.

Her name is attached to popular legislation; his amendments shot down. WASHINGTON ? Democratic Rep. Dina Titus did not win her first-choice assignment as a freshman for a seat on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee.

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Northrop Grumman Tuesday accused the Pentagon of being "unfair" over the aerospace giant's competition with Boeing for a new mammoth contract to replace the US Air Force's aging aerial tankers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will fight to ensure that an agency to protect consumers from risky financial products is part of regulatory reform, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday.