Touchdown: The European Space Agency successfully landed its Philae robotic probe on a comet 310-million miles from earth. It’s an historic first landing of a man-made craft on a comet. It wasn’t all smooth. The lander hit hard and bounced …

Out of the China Closet: The US and China reached a deal to set new goals for cutting carbon emissions, including a landmark agreement by China to stop its emissions from growing by 2030. China and the US are the …

The China Play: The Obama administration today announced it reached a deal with China to eliminate tariffs on information and technology products ranging from video-game consoles and computer software to medical equipment and semiconductors. It could be the single best …

Here It Comes: The first blast of winter is hitting the northern part of the country from Idaho all the way to the Michigan peninsula. Over the next several days, cold air is expected to plunge down as far as …

Permawar: Three explosions rocked Kabul, Afghanistan today, including a suicide bombing carried out inside the heavily fortified police headquarters. Only one person was reported killed but the attacks are evidence of the Taliban’s reach and power to strike. >US air …

The New Deal: President Obama and Republican leaders knocked heads at lunch yesterday over immigration reform. The newly empowered congressional bosses warned Obama not to take executive action and the president said he would do exactly that if he is …

Econ 101: Just three days after an election that was taken as a vote of no confidence in President Obama’s stewardship, the Labor Department announced today that unemployment has fallen to 5.8 percent with an addition of 214,000 jobs in …

The Dating Scene: President Obama and Republican leaders appeared in the rubble of the Democratic majority and promised to try to work together … with some cautions. Senate Majority leader-to-be Mitch McConnell, who once said “The single most important thing …

Right Turn: Fueled by anger at President Obama and disappointment with the economic recovery, Republicans took control of the Senate in midterm elections yesterday, picking up seven seats. It will be the first time they’ve held the Senate majority since …

Election Day:After the most expensive midterm election campaign in history, American voters go to the polls with little love for either the Republicans or the Democrats, but it looks like Republicans will benefit from the unpopularity of President Obama. Republicans …