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The human and financial costs of Mexico's drug war, diplomatic cable leaks, the influx of U.S. arms and a wave of anti-immigration initiatives in the United States are all taking a toll on Mexico-U.S. relations that had shown steady improvement in recent years.

The House passed legislation Tuesday that cuts federal spending by $4 billion to temporarily avoid a government shutdown. But as Republicans push for deeper cuts to current-year spending, we ask experts how reductions could affect the nation's fragile economic recovery.

The 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment is preparing to come home from Helmand Province in Afghanistan. They have been there for seven months in searing heat and freezing temperatures and have seen more casualties than any other similar sized battalion in the 10-year-war.

Troops loyal to the regime battled for control over a major oil refinery and a massive arms depot.

If you are one of the 300,000 households in San Diego city who don’t pay for trash pick up, you are still in the majority of city residents. But the mayor is trying to whittle that majority down. The city council’s Natural Resources Committee considers the mayor’s proposed changes today.

Each day, thousands of doses of powerful narcotics are freely dispensed in Florida's pain clinics. Hordes of people from across the Southeast head to the Sunshine State for drugs like oxycodone. Florida lacks a system for monitoring prescriptions.

President Obama weighed in early and often as Egyptian protesters toppled the regime of a U.S. ally. But the unrest in Libya presents a very different set of political challenges, and President Obama has responded largely by working behind the scenes.

The Gadhafi vs. Sheen Quizzes Just Keep Coming

Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, today introduced a bill to allow veterans in California and four other states to avoid foreclosure by refinancing their adjustable and interest-only mortgages.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, fired his press secretary for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, because he shared e-mail correspondence with reporters with a journalist working on a book, the congressman confirmed today.