After a second straight lackluster showing at the polls, North Carolina GOP activists are looking for answers as they search for a new state Republican Party leader.

General Motors, the humbled auto giant that has been part of American life for more than 100 years, will file for bankruptcy protection on Monday in a deal that will give taxpayers a 60 percent ownership stake and expand the government's reach into big business.

Debates over health care, energy, spending and a Supreme Court nomination loomed as Congress returned from a recess.

Early reviews of the Obama presidency agree that he has more successfully changing policy than Washington’s culture, but he has begun altering that narrative.

Tuesday’s primary will determine whether Christopher J. Christie or the ultraconservative Steven M. Lonegan will face the unpopular Democratic incumbent, Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

Drone-launched U.S. missile attacks and Pakistan's ongoing military offensive in and around the Swat Valley have unsettled al-Qaeda and undermined its relative invulnerability in Pakistani mountain sanctuaries, U.S. military and intelligence officials say.

The Obama administration plans to take the next step toward resuscitating the American auto industry today, sending General Motors, the storied manufacturer, into bankruptcy protection.

Politico - Even as it gets set to announce the bankruptcy of General Motors Monday, the Obama administration is struggling to set parameters on how it will act after taking a 60 percent stake in the new company that emerges – and now that it has become the owner of a significant swath of Corporate America.

Sen. John Ensign of Nevada will make a notable pit stop Monday when he flies back to Washington - a one-day excursion in Iowa where he will shake hands, tour businesses and speak to the Republican Party faithful.

Mark Jackson, center, gives a tour of the target bay of the National Ignition Facility to Stephen Eckstrand, left, of the U.S. Department of Energy at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Livermore , Calif., Friday, May 29, 2009.