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House Republicans are drafting legislation to avoid a default on the nation's credit limit. Senators face a possible vote on temporarily replacing ailing Sen. Dianne Feinstein on a judiciary panel.

A visit to a technology incubator in Taiwan that's helped create companies behind the world's most advanced semiconductor chips.

The housewife and superstar — a creation of Australian comedian Barry Humphries — says it's not entirely clear what her retirement will look like. "I'm a restless spirit," she says.

With news that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose gifts of vacations, luxury experiences and business transactions, there is new scrutiny on the ethics governing the court.

The U.S. House defeated its version of the farm bill this afternoon. The bill would have cut the food stamps program and transformed subsidies for farmers from direct payments to crop insurance premium support. But Republicans lost 60 of their own members who voted no, along with most Democrats.

Historians in India have expressed outrage over changes in 12th grade textbooks. Critics see this as an attempt to appropriate the government's pro-Hindu agenda.

Mortgage rates have fluctuated a lot in the last year and interest rates are still climbing. No one knows for sure when the housing market will improve, and not everyone is waiting until it does.

A teenager is in custody after opening fire at a school with his father's gun, police say. The boy called police himself after the shooting and had a list of children he wanted to kill.

The Fed is expected to raise interest rates Wednesday for the tenth time in 14 months. While inflation is still well above the Fed's target, forecasters think this could be the last hike for a while.

Maryland is working on a new way to keep prescription drugs affordable, as pharmaceutical companies continue to raise prices. Other states are following Maryland's lead.