Kay Bailey Hutchison

WASHINGTON (AP) --- Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas has announced that she will retire after her current term expires next year. In a letter released Thursday, Hutchison said she will not run for re-election in 2012. Hutchison has...

Eager to expand the electoral map in their effort to maintain control of the Senate, national Democrats are recruiting Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, to run for the open seat in Texas in 2012. Sanchez, a retired Army...

Reporting from Ft. Hood, Texas, Washington and Los Angeles -- An Army psychiatrist who was about to be deployed to Iraq allegedly armed himself with two guns and opened fire Thursday afternoon on the grounds of Ft. Hood, the country's largest military...

When Arthur Massei learned that the new health law would cut his tax break for buying medicine, he enlisted in a broad, well-financed corporate lobbying campaign to repeal the provision. Massei is one of an estimated 30 million Americans who use pre-...

Lawmakers in Mexico are demanding an investigation into a U.S. law enforcement operation that allowed hundreds of weapons to flow into the hands of Mexican drug cartels amid claims from a ranking legislator that at least 150 Mexicans have been killed or...

Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, filed paperwork Wednesday to run for the open U.S. Senate seat in Texas in 2012. "I believe Texas needs a strong, independent voice to address the enormous challenges we are facing --...

The Senate Thursday night passed a compromise NASA authorization bill that would see the agency get back on track developing a new heavy lift rocket while providing some funding for commercial rocket companies to fly humans...

The Nevadan's departure creates eight open seat Senate races in 2012 when Democrats must defend 23 seats....

Even for a weeknight, the downtown haunts of young Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton were unusually subdued. Few Marines could be found dining at Davina’s Cabo Grill & Cantina, or the Rice Garden, or Johnny Manana’s. A handful shopped at........

Republican Senator Hutchison says Democrats' domestic energy delays hurt jobs; Obama hails one Memphis high school....

TALLAHASSEE — Harris Media LLC, the Texas Longhorn and Baylor-heavy public relations firm that worked for Rick Scott's out-of-nowhere gubernatorial campaign, is setting up shop in Tallahassee and hiring the governor's daughter. Scott's daughter,...

Look for Sunday morning programs to focus on post-Tucson efforts at civility and previews of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech. That address will rearrange the Tuesday night schedule. Here's a look at the guest list: ABC's "This Week"...