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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joing Chiefs of Staff, spoke with the media Thursday morning about the administration's new strategy for Iraq.

There's new evidence that congressional Republican incumbents are losing critical support. Rural voters have been a key part of the Republican base for at least a decade. But a new survey indicates a rural shift to Democrats, with the election less than two weeks away.

About 110 million people are expected to tune in to watch the game between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Some might be watching just for the ads. Steve Inskeep talks to Tim Nudd, a senior editor at Adweek, to find out more about advertisers' game plans.

Three one-act plays recently performed in Beirut are based on the actual words of Syrians. The show was performed in a bunkerlike space to replicate the conditions artists making such work endure. The actress could not be named. A TV series also takes on Syrian politics — Top Goon is an ensemble of finger puppets who lampoon President Bashar Assad. The filmmakers are also anonymous. To be caught with one of these puppets might be worse than being caught with a stinger missile.

With mail volumes falling and the nation's top postmaster projecting that the U.S. Postal Service could lose up to $10 billion this year, it's clear that the USPS is in dire need of an extreme makeover. Here are five ways to fix the system.

With candidates tweeting 24-7, we don't need to put all the contenders on one stage to hear their views. As the Republican hopefuls descend on Iowa, we talk with GOP strategist Marc Lampkin about the changing role of presidential debates.

Even away from the spotlight, lots of married men stray. But people in public life have a combination of opportunity and sense of self-worth that may make them especially likely to dally.

Peter Navarro, top trade adviser to the president, worries that foreign takeovers of U.S. food and defense companies could make America less secure. But economists see no signs of that happening.

The Justice Department has sent Congress redacted, unclassified copies of some of the memos drafted by then-FBI Director James Comey recounting his meetings with President Trump.

The controversy surrounding a highly anticipated robotics competition for teens from around the globe sometimes overshadowed an otherwise upbeat event focused on kids, robots and changing the world.