Congressional Democrats are pushing what could become the most dramatic expansion of college aid for military veterans since World War II, with a bill they hope will buoy them this election season and become an albatross for Republicans.

Two hard-line newspapers seen as speaking for Iran's clerical establishment called Monday for Iraqis to oppose a strategic framework deal with the United States, Tehran's first public condemnation of the arrangement.

About 350 National Guard soldiers from southeast Virginia are back home from Iraq and Kuwait.

Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire Monday in an effort to end seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City slum.

About 350 National Guard soldiers from southeast Virginia are back home from Iraq and Kuwait.

It's Statehood Week celebrating Minnesota's 150th anniversary, and on Monday that means Bemidji is "Capital for a Day."

Family and friends of a Michigan soldier missing since his unit was attacked in Iraq by insurgent forces a year ago are planning a rally Saturday.

Not that I would vote for Ralph Nader, but why is it that he is never even given a tumble or idle thought by any of the news media? He is never mentioned on TV or any of the newspapers. Is he even going to be on any ballot? It sure is interesting how dirty politics can play games.

Turkish jets struck suspected Kurdish rebel targets close to the border in northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Monday.

A South Carolina grandmother has become a sensation among stressed-out U.S. military men and women around the globe by sending the most incongruous of gifts: pliable, google-eye dolls.