A Republican Party left for dead by many in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life Tuesday with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.

AFP - After attacking Afghan leader Hamid Karzai for months, US President Barack Obama's administration now faces the awkward task of finding a way to help boost his credibility.

Michael Lunceford, an engineer and parent volunteer in HISD, won the west Houston school board seat Tuesday, while the other two trustee races appeared headed for runoffs.

The US secretary of state is on course to raise $61m needed to build a pavilion in next year's Shanghai Expo and clears a main foreign policy obstacle ahead of the president's state visit

With a simple, declarative statement, the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced his ambitious goal to eradicate one of the country's most shameful problems.