PHILADELPHIA – Sen. Arlen Specter (search) said Friday he had suffered from headaches and fatigue since November but was feeling optimistic as he prepared to begin chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s disease. “I’m going to lose my hair. There’s no doubt about that,” he told reporters before heading to the hospital. “I’m …

BERLIN – The United States and Germany are “well on the way” to repairing their breach over Iraq, a top German diplomat said Saturday ahead of this week’s talks between President Bush and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (search). Asked if things were back to the level before the Iraq crisis, Karsten …

See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on from Los Angeles! Tinseltown’s tough guy says his latest project is rock solid — But will viewers be in his corner?Sylvester Stallone enters the No Spin Zone! Then, it’s …

Four American presidents have been assassinated and several others have had attempts made on their lives. Following is a breakdown of the violent acts and plots made against presidents: Assassinations Abraham Lincoln: shot and killed April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth, an actor and a Southern sympathizer during the Civil …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” February 7, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Big Story With John Gibson” weeknights at 5 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DICK CHENEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: They fought a bloody eight-year war …

WASHINGTON – Two election officials on Wednesday renewed a proposal to overhaul the Watergate-era presidential public financing system, this time suggesting that candidates who take taxpayer money for the primaries get to spend at the record levels President Bush and rival John Kerry did during last year’s race. The first …

Wednesday, February 2 at 9 p.m. ET Hosted by Brit Hume From the War on Terror (search) and national security, to an ambitious domestic agenda bent on reforming the tax code and Social Security (search), President Bush is ready to lay out his blueprint for achieving the goals that he …

NEW YORK – A third suspect was arrested Wednesday in the fatal shooting of an aspiring actress who confronted a group of muggers with: “What are you going to do, shoot us?” Ashley Evans, 18, was picked up on murder and other charges by New York detectives in Maryland, where …

NEW YORK – Markets will need a fresh dose of merger activity and a clear signal from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (search) about the strength of the economy and the pace of future interest rate hikes to clock gains next week. Oil company stocks that have touched lifetime highs …

LOS ANGELES – When Robert Blake’s (search) wife was slain, detectives searching her living quarters found foot lockers crammed with letters from “customers” of her mail-order sex scam but decided not to investigate most of them, the lead detective on the case testified. Ronald Ito testified Wednesday that he decided …