Posted: 12:12 PM The House committee chairman leading the fight to get Justice Department documents about a troubled gun-tracking operation says there's no evidence so far that White House officials were involved in misleading Congress or engaged in a cover-up.
Updated: 9:04 AM The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tacking and updating the forecast path for Tropical Storm Debby -- which is anticipated to come onto land along the western coast of Florida in the next few days.
Posted: 7:22 AM President Barack Obama ardently defends his federal health care overhaul. Republican challenger Mitt Romney adamantly opposes it.
Posted: 7:18 AM The Colorado town of Manitou Springs is under evacuation order as a wildfire quickly spreads about 2,000 acres.
Updated: 7:58 AM Tropical Storm Debby has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, interfering with oil and gas production and putting officials on alert for flooding and strong winds from southern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.
Posted: 7:22 AM President Barack Obama is pressing Congress to reach agreement on a transportation bill and a plan to prevent students from having their loan rates double.
Posted: 9:00 AM U.S. stock futures are bucking a sell-off on global markets and banks are among the biggest gainers.
Posted: 7:44 AM New accusations are being leveled against Jerry Sandusky as the jury deliberates in his child molestation trial.
Posted: 6:01 AM President Barack Obama is drawing attention to his breakthrough directive on illegal immigration and is pressing his jobs agenda before Hispanic leaders.
Posted: 8:33 PM Scientists from Louisiana and Michigan have very different predictions for the size of this year's "dead zone" of low-oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico. It will be the smallest in nearly a quarter century at just under 1,200 square miles - or five times that size.
Posted: 11:46 AM Jerry Sandusky's defense attorney says the former Penn State assistant football coach is a victim of lawyers and accusers with financial motives and a legal system that thought he was guilty before he was even charged.
Posted: 11:40 AM Retail gasoline prices have dropped a nickel this week across Texas.
Posted: 10:00 AM The Supreme Court has thrown out fines and sanctions against broadcasters who violated the Federal Communications Commission policy regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast television.
Posted: 8:08 AM The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week but not by enough to indicate that hiring is picking up.
Posted: 6:07 AM Closing arguments are set for today in the child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky.
Posted: 5:01 AM House Republican officials say they're willing to negotiate an end to a potential constitutional confrontation in a document dispute, but only if the Obama administration turns over more emails and memos about the flawed "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation.
Posted: 4:31 AM A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that Republican challenger Mitt Romney has moved into a virtually even position with the president after three months of declining job creation that have left the public increasingly glum.
Updated: 10:12 AM The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has launched a new online map application, Drive Texas™, that provides travelers with real-time traffic conditions, traffic and weather feeds, as well as links to other useful travel information.
Posted: 4:06 AM A House committee is poised to vote on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over more Justice Department documents on a flawed gun-smuggling probe.
Updated: 9:20 PM The Southern Baptist Convention has elected its first African-American leader.
Posted: 10:25 AM Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Updated: 3:57 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Roger Clemens has been acquitted on all charges by a jury that decided he didn't lie to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.
Posted: 4:43 AM Dow Jones industrial futures are up today, following a vote in Greece to elect a government that supports painful reforms in exchange for a European Union bailout.
Posted: 4:00 AM The defense is about to take center stage in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial, and that could include the defendant himself taking the stand.
Posted: 1:03 PM Mitt Romney is refusing to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States.
