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A gay businessman who hosted an event for Sen. Ted Cruz -- a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage -- is apologizing to the gay community for what he called a "terrible mistake."

Diana's name is as divisive as the very institution of monarchy itself, and not a suitable name for the new royal baby says royal expert Victoria Arbiter.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Saturday that his preference for what he calls the "traditional view of marriage" wouldn't stop him from attending the same-sex wedding of a loved one.

The tremors are subsiding, finally, here in Kathmandu, but the after-effects of the catastrophic earthquake will be felt for years to come.

After more than five months -- the longest wait for an attorney general nominee since the Reagan administration -- the Senate is poised to confirm Lynchtwi.

At least 1,832 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake early Saturday near Kathmandu, Nepal's capital and largest city, authorities say.

President Barack Obama and his 2008 campaign rival, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, are bitter rivals on almost every aspect of U.S. foreign policy. Yet they are allies on one particularly thorny subject -- the use of armed drones.

Read a first-person account from Kathmandu in the aftermath of Nepal's catastrophic earthquake.

The White House announced over the weekend it is sending three representatives to the Monday funeral for Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who suffered fatal injuries to his spinal cord after being taken into a police van.

The day after the Benghazi terror attack, a staffer for Arizona Sen. John McCain emailed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's office to convey praise for her remarks to State Department employees after the attack.

The United States and Japan announced big changes Monday to the guidelines that will govern the defense relationship between the two countries.

The disastrous earthquake in Nepal was large, but geophysicists knew it was coming, writes scientist Colin Stark.

President Barack Obama had one motto Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner: take no prisoners.

The Obama administration unveils a plan to spend millions of dollars to stem the tide of undocumented children streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Suspended New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez has dropped a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Yankees' team doctor and New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to court paperwork filed Thursday.

Nathaniel Morris, who's reading President Obama's 2008 campaign memoir, says it highlights the promises that haven't been achieved

Dan Ronayne thinks that the new carbon emission standards could work against Democrats this year and in 2016

Paul Saffo says with the Fire Phone, Amazon shifts the focus of mobile device to satisfying our shopping urges.

Rep. Steve Israel says that even though House Republicans just changed leaders, the new names were elected on pledges of fealty to the tea party agenda

Debbie Plotnick says incidents like James Boyd's death might be avoided if more police were trained to deal with the mentally ill