It’s a process enveloped in mystery, secrecy and spirituality. The selection of the next Roman Catholic pope will unfold before our eyes — or rather, out of sight — beginning Monday in Vatican City. Lucky for us, we have Dan Brown’s (search) historical thriller “Angels & Demons” (search) to help …

The clock is ticking for the Minutemen: that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” You may have heard that hundreds of Americans have traveled to southern Arizona to surveil the border with Mexico. They call themselves the Minutemen. And the concept is very simple — bringing attention …

WASHINGTON – With midterm elections across the country already facing low voter turnout, officials in the greater Washington, D.C.-area say they are trying to address fears of a sniper attack that could take an additional bite out of poll numbers on Nov. 5. “I would hope, sincerely, that [voters] are …

As a reporter who loves the Hill I most certainly will miss the man from Ohio who has always entertained us so. He often wore those denim suits which really matched his cowboy boots His clothes, it’s true, were rather odd; His sense of fashion somewhat flawed. His hair was …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Abu Nidal, the Palestinian radical whose name was synonymous with terrorism during the 1980s, has been found dead, according to a Palestinian newspaper. The Al-Ayyamnewspaper reported Monday that Abu Nidal, 65, died last week after being found with gunshot wounds in his Baghdad home, reportedly by …

Well, I hate to say I told you so, but… I told you so. A lot of you call me a Pollyanna for being a bit too upbeat. Well guess what? Maybe for a good reason. You won’t see or hear this often from the doom-and-gloomers, so record this moment. …

To watch “The Memo” click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. Musings and updates. That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. A bunch of stuff to mention this evening. First, this Bush-Daschle war controversy is dopey and really not worth very much time. …

Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. The latest on Iraq. That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. President Bush has sent attack-Iraq legislation to the Hill. If the U.N. can’t force Saddam to cooperate with weapons inspectors, the president wants Congress to OK …

NEW YORK – It’s still harder to find Speedy Gonzales on the Cartoon Network than Elmer Fudd on the winning side of a Bugs Bunny movie, but the Fastest Mouse in all of Mexico now has a high-profile lobby on its side. The League of United Latin American Citizens, the …

Do you know what hurts more than bad news? Not getting it out right away. I’ll never forget when I was a kid just learning to drive. No sooner had I gotten my license then one fine day I slammed into my garage. And I mean slammed. I took a …