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President Obama was the headliner Tuesday night, but most members of Congress also faced elections. Democrats retained control of the Senate while Republicans held on to control of the House. Now both sides of the divided Congress face significant challenges addressing the nation's fiscal problems.

BOSTON (AP) — A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate says he has no interest in signing a pledge to discourage outside groups from running ads in the…

On the 10th Annivesary of the US Invasion of Iraq, Capital Region bureau Chief Dave Lucas spoke with two Iraq war veterans who are now political…

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters heading to the polls on primary day in this year's special U.S. Senate election will find something that was missing…

Democrat Edward Markey is pressing his Republican opponent in the state's special U.S. Senate election to sign a pledge to discourage outside groups from…

Also: "Relief rally" follows news of Spanish bailout; coma rumors swirl about Mubarak; Nadal wins record seventh French Open; France heads toward leftist government.

Massachusetts voters are heading to the polls to pick a new U.S. senator.Democrat Edward Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez scrambled to energize…

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 13 percent of U.S. adults have received treatment for some kind of mental health…

The brief remarks came in the tense aftermath of the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.

NPR's David Folkenflik discusses what this could reveal about how police are treating locals.