Politics

Actor Kal Penn started a new job Monday as a liaison between the White House and Asian communities.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to meet with deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya this week as the Obama administration weighs responses to his ouster.

A woman who worked with her cousin to steal the identities of 13 unsuspecting Library of Congress employees was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in prison.

So, did you hear the one about the comedian who spent a whole day on Capitol Hill and told no jokes?

Robert S. McNamara, the Kennedy-Johnson-era defense secretary, who became a major architect of the Vietnam War and a key player in the Cuban missile crisis, died Monday at his Washington home at age 93.

President Barack Obama says he wants to host a summit on global nuclear security next year.

A top Republican senator said Monday that he wants to find out whether Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor would let racial bias affect her decisions as a justice.

President Barack Obama says he trusts Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) to follow through on the agreements the two leaders have announced at their summit in Moscow.

President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart agree that there hasn't been as much progress as they'd like to see in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan.

Fredric V. Rolando is the new president of the National Association of Letter Carriers.