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Democrats are headed to a vote on health care reform this weekend. Full story »

David C. Headley, who was arrested in October, will not face the death penalty as long as he continues to cooperate with authorities, according to the plea agreement.  Full story »

Virginia consumer protection officials have issued a warning letter to the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, noting that her advocacy group is improperly soliciting contributions in the state.  Full story »

More than 200 U.S. agents began questioning alleged members of a notorious El Paso, Texas, gang Thursday, March 18, in an effort to gather clues in the shooting deaths of three people connected to a U.S. consulate in Mexico. Full story »

House approval of the package, which will include the health care bill passed by the Senate last year along with a series of changes sought by House Democrats, would allow President Barack Obama to sign the Senate bill this weekend. The Senate could complete action by the end of next week by approving changes sought by House Democrats.  Full story »

Love it or hate it, one thing that is indisputable about the Democrats' big health care legislation is that the cost figures are going to come out right where President Barack Obama said he wanted them. Full story »

A woman accused of trolling the Internet as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a suspected terrorist and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims has cooperated with authorities, a congressman said. Full story »

David Coleman Headley pleaded guilty to all 12 counts against him and will be spared the death penalty as long as he cooperates with terrorism investigators. He said he conducted surveillance in Mumbai to prepare for the 2008 attack, which killed 166 people.  Full story »

Dennis Kucinich working his colleagues to support a health care reform bill he once strongly opposed? That's what's reported in the Talking Points Memo.  Full story »

According to one subpoena obtained by a Las Vegas television station, recipients were ordered to testify March 31 in Washington, D.C., and to turn over documents relating to the Republican senator. Full story »

Clinton arrived in the Russian capital Thursday after an overnight flight from Washington and was to be joined by the Obama administration's special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell. Full story »

The manager of a nearby bank said the costumed man wore a green top hat, vest and shorts and a fake brown beard and wig. A gunfight began as police chased two men away from the area in which the leprechaun and a companion were killed.  Full story »

President Barack Obama made a more personal pitch for health care reform last week, and it resonated with many skeptical Democrats. Full story »

The oldest item in Yale Law School's rare-book collection is a 1,000-year-old fragment of a medieval manuscript bound inside an Italian guidebook for notaries. The newest is a bobblehead depicting William H. Rehnquist, 16th chief justice of the United States.  Full story »

Texas' U.S. senators on Wednesday urged President Obama to visit the Mexican border and assess the threat that drug-cartel violence could spill into the U.S.  Full story »