Senators wavering on the Ashcroft nomination will be targeted as anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-woman, and pro-gun, and most Democrats will play along; will the Republicans hold?

When Los Angeles Times asked voters whether things in L.A. were good or seriously off, 67 percent checked the "right direction" box and just a third chose the "wrong track."

You can measure the success of a convention by bounce--how many points a candidate goes up in the polls.

The assassination of Serbia's prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, by a sharpshooter in broad daylight in front of a government building on Wednesday, signals that all is not well within the borders of the metropolitan power of the Balkans.

President Bush proposed to gradually change the way U.S. health care is purchased and offered an opportunity to rein in the rising costs of care.

Advice for the presidential candidate promising to clean up Washington: get specific about what you will do.

The B.A. has become the union card for social respectability.