Anthony J. Russo, a researcher who helped leak the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers to the media and prompted wider public questioning of the war, has died, police said.

Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, who has drawn ire from Democratic leaders in the Senate for blocking a number of bills, is also in the crosshairs of the Senate ethics committee for his continuing to practice his profession of delivering children.

Concerns about foreign spies and terrorists has prompted the Homeland Security Department to set up its own counterintelligence division and require strict reporting from employees about foreign travel, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press

The new leaders of the Air Force acknowledged Tuesday that the service lost its focus and must work to mend fences after a slew of contracting and nuclear-related missteps.

Gov. Tim Kaine pardoned a Newport News woman Tuesday, days before she faces deportation for a 1997 credit card theft conviction.

As the president prepares to leave Tuesday for a Mideast trip, his second in four months, he is trading that unfailingly upbeat tone for something a bit more reserved. He was due to arrive in Israel early Wednesday.

A Louisiana House committee has approved a mask ban that forces sex offenders to show their faces, even at Halloween, Mardi Gras, Christmas and other holidays.

Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying crude for the government emergency reserve.

Dept. of Energy figures wind could provide 20 percent of U.S. needs by 2030.

The divorce trial of former Gov. Jim McGreevey and his estranged wife is postponed because of illness.