The president and vice president are elected by 538 Electoral College voters, one per senator and representative from each state, who usually cast a ballot for the candidate who w ...

The US military said on Sunday that another service member was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed ...

The Council of Europe's human rights supremo has begun a fact-finding trip to Chechnya as new allegations of military abuses surface in the region. Alvaro Gil-Robles flew to Chechnya after pressing ...

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson has all but locked down the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maine after ...

This map shows the county-by-county breakdown of the vote for Republican Gov. Jeb Bush and Democratic candidate Bill McBride. The map is shaded to show how heavily a county voted for a candidate, blue ...

On Sunday, Alderden called the incident a "hoax," adding that investigators believe the evidence indicates that "it was a ...

The Pakistani Taliban are waiting the weather out and will take on the military when winter arrives in Pakistan's tribal region, said Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud in a phone call with CNN. "We ...

Contador told a news conference that relations between the two riders were tense throughout the race, making the atmosphere very difficult for the team as a whole. Although not gi ...

Pundits, pollsters and political operatives worked furiously to answer one question after the first debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry -- who won? Much of the 90-minute debate on ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by outed spy Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Dick Cheney and other top Bush administration officials. Plame had accused members of the Bush ...

Alberto Contador is confident he has the backing of Astana teammate Lance Armstrong in his quest to retain the yellow jersey until the end of the Tour de France. The Spaniard produced a devastating ...