WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans expect to add at least $23 million to their party campaign funds Tuesday night at an annual fundraiser featuring President Bush (search). The National Republican Congressional Committee raised at least $14 million for House Republicans through the gala, while the National Republican Senatorial Committee took in …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Four car bombs exploded at dusk Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, including sidewalk diners and passengers at a bus station. The coordinated attacks served as a chilling reminder of how potent militants remain in the capital despite around-the-clock American and Iraqi troop patrols. In all, at …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s (search) wild and sorrowful history and its hope for the future are reflected in the candidates standing in its elections — the uncle of a Sept. 11 (search) hijacker, an ex-prisoner of the Israelis, the widow of an assassinated president-elect, the wife of a jailed warlord. …

NEW YORK – The Navy (search) locator service once helped parents of servicemen reach their children. Now it only spouts an automated message: “Due to current Department of the Navy privacy and security regulations, we are unable to release the Navy Unit address of active Navy personnel.” Everyone knows the …

SEOUL, South Korea – Japan’s foreign minister urged North Korea (search) on Tuesday to seize the opportunity to return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons programs without conditions, following a rare meeting between U.S. and North Korean officials in New York. The six-party disarmament talks stalled almost a year …

All work and no play makes Jack an unstylish third-grader. In the same way dressing for a job interview or a first date would be important to you, back-to-school clothes are significant to your child. You want your little one to feel confident, comfortable and stylish. FOXNews.com has compiled the …

WASHINGTON – President Bush spent Sunday consumed by the two tragedies that have been the bookends of his presidency, marking the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks before making his longest scheduled trip to the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast (search). As he has every year since the terrorist attacks, …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission dismissed complaints that Republican and conservative groups improperly worked with Ralph Nader to get him on state presidential ballots last year. The commission said it found no reason to believe that any of the groups had violated the law as Nader sought to qualify …

VIENNA, Austria – Iran gained a reprieve in the standoff over its nuclear program Wednesday, with diplomats saying the European Union (search) had decided to postpone its push to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council (search). The decision to delay a vote until a later board meeting of the …

NEW YORK – Crude oil prices rose more than $1 Wednesday after a U.S. petroleum inventory report showed a dip in crude and distillate stocks and a sharp rise in gasoline stocks. Crude contracts, hovering around $65 a barrel, are expected to remain high on the back of heavy winter …