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Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.

French President-elect Francois Hollande is refraining from making big promises and faces major challenges now that 12 European nations are in recession, Justin Vaisse at Brookings writes.

The temptations to pound on the foreign policy theme should not obscure the serious challenges the president faces in taking this path, writes Julian Zelizer.

Military investigators ruled out a gunshot wound and say they don't suspect foul play in the death of an Army captain who collapsed during a video chat with his wife.

Two hours before the official results of the French presidential elections, no Paris visitor could ignore that a historical political change was about to happen. Down Paris' Left Bank boulevards, throngs of flag-waving young and not-so-young people were flocking towards the Socialist headquarters near the National Assembly. Cyclists were ringing their bells, cars blowing their horns and François Hollande's sympathizers chanting "Victoire!" Nicolas Sarkozy had just canceled a planned celebration at Concorde and the place, where the guillotine once stood, was alarmingly quiet and deserted.

Francois Hollande, the president-elect of France, may be as notable for what he has not done as for what he has.

Attackers killed three U.S. soldiers Monday in eastern Afghanistan, a Western official said.

François Hollande's election as president of France rattled the markets in Asia and Europe. In his victory speech, he signaled a possible end to the sharp budget cuts European nations have used to try to end their budget woes.

Only one candidate can win a presidential primary. The others follow a tried and true outline of the exit speech.

A 70-year-old U.S. citizen kidnapped in Pakistan last year has made an emotional plea to President Barack Obama to meet al Qaeda's demands in order to save his life, according to a video released on several Islamist websites Sunday.

Fmr. Virginia Rep. Tom Davis and fmr. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on the battle over Ohio and Virginia during the 2012 race.

The defeat of French President Nicholas Sarkozy at the hands of Francois Hollande has the potential to greatly affect European politics and the future of the euro, as many have noted. But the election of the first French Socialist president since 1995 also could dramatically change France's role in the world, at a particularly sensitive time.

Former Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich says the Tea Party doesn't have "the passion they had in 2010"

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a bill that will prevent abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds in most cases, her office said.

An Indiana mother who sent her gay son to school with a stun gun after administrators apparently didn't do enough to stop the bullying against him said she would do it again -- even though the teen now faces expulsion.

Warren Weinstein was kidnapped in Pakistan last year. In a video on Islamist websites, he appeals to President Obama to spare his life by meeting al Qaeda's demands.

Greece's center-right New Democracy party looks set to get the first chance to form a new government Monday, but party leader Antonis Samaras will have a complicated task after an election where angry voters punished politicians for backing harsh government budget cuts.

The U.S. economy is currently on autopilot: A sharply polarized Congress and a tapped out Federal Reserve can't do much more to stimulate it this year.

Vladimir Putin, who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade, returns to the presidency Monday after winning a controversial election in March.

Vice President Joe Biden states in an interview that he is "absolutely comfortable" with the idea of same-sex marriage.