Elisha Maldonado

They say a couple that plays together stays together. And when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embark on their first official overseas tour to Canada -- and California briefly -- fun will also ensue.

Leon Panetta was unanimously confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to be the next Pentagon chief, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Cigarette makers are now required to add graphic warning labels depicting rotting teeth, a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his neck, and other images to packaging and advertising in the U.S. by October 22, 2012, government officials said Tuesday.

For former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, if it isn’t one thing, it’s certainly another. For one thing, his top staff stepped down in mass resignation earlier this month. And for another, the Republican presidential hopeful’s campaign finance team decided to follow suit, a spokesman for Gingrich confirmed to the AP.

President Obama plans to speak on the future of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday, senior administration officials said Monday.

NBC issued an on-air apology for omitting the words under God from the Pledge of Allegiance during its coverage of golf's U.S. Open.

Sammie Spades, who worked as a part-time intern for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the summer of 2006, has abandoned her political aspirations to become an all-out porn star, TMZ reported.

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner formally submitted his letter of resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives Friday, effective at midnight Tuesday, Reuters reported.

The New York GOP is demanding Rep. Anthony Weiner return all the campaign cash in his possession, saying that keeping the money sends the “wrong signal about his intentions and motivations,” NBC New York reported.

Anthony Weiner may have announced his resignation from Congress last week, but, technically speaking, he’s still a representative, the Washington Post reported.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans Saturday, beating out his rivals for the GOP nomination.

He’s spent the week debating the legality of the United States participation in Libya, and meeting with top officials to alter the United States’ role in Afghanistan, but in his latest speech, President Barack Obama focused on what he called his most important role: fatherhood.

The United States has formally dropped criminal charges against for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a U.S. military raid in Pakistan last month, BBC News reported.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty took to his Twitter account, and later in an interview on Fox News, to fix the score on what many considered a missed opportunity to go after fellow presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, during the Republican primary debate earlier this week.

It was a kiss that ricocheted around the world, becoming an instant Internet sensation. And despite the speculation that the photo was staged, the snoggers have been identified and the moment proved real.

His unemployment status may be only a day old, but that hasn't stopped former congressman Anthony Weiner from getting job offers. Shortly before announcing his resignation from office, Weiner received an offer straight from Hollywood. Washington might not condone sex scandal, but Hollywood certainly does.

A fist-flying brawl among courthouse observers who line up all night in hopes of scoring one of the 58 seats reserved for members of the public in the Casey Anthony murder trial has prompted Orange County Courthouse to change their rules for those seeking admission, ABC News reported.

Several options were presented to President Barack Obama by a top U.S. commander to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan, the White House said on Thursday, an indication that a plan would be announced soon.

Prince Harry may return to serve on the frontlines of Afghanistan, Britain’s The Guardian reported.

Washington’s top military officer had his own announcement, following the one that declared Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s longtime deputy, new al-Qaeda chief: We will hunt you down and kill you, too, BBC News reported.

New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, speaking at the Council Center for Senior Citizens in Brooklyn where he first began his career, announced Thursday his resignation from Congress.

In the second of a sequence of hearings, U.S. lawmakers were told that U.S. prisons are becoming a hotbed for indoctrinating inmates and turning them into radical Muslims, AFP reported.

The longest total lunar eclipse in a decade will occur today, June 15th. During the eclipse, the Earth's shadow will completely cover the Moon for one hour and 40 minutes and partially cover it for three hours and 40 minutes. The path that the Moon is taking through Earth's shadow is almost directly through the shadow's center, making for the longest possible path and therefor the longest duration. On June 15, Earth's shadow will start to darken the moon at 18:23 universal time (UT) ...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will donate his collection of some one million documents and objects covering his life as a diplomat, teacher and private citizen to Yale University, The Associated Press reported.

The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has the legal authority to continue U.S. military action in Libya, despite Congress not authorizing it.

The wife of Rep. Anthony Weiner returned from work in the Middle East and Africa to find the news of her scandal-ridden husband hadn't subsided. In fact, Huma Abedin's arrival coincided with the emergence of a new set of images: Photos of her husband cross-dressing.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said on Tuesday that he is giving a second thought to mounting a presidential run, but refused to give a deadline by which he will make that decision.

Mildred Baena, the housekeeper who had a child by Arnold Schwarzenegger, finally broke her silence on Tuesday.

In the first official visit of a sitting American president to the Caribbean commonwealth since John F. Kennedy in 1961, President Barack Obama landed in Puerto Rico Tuesday, saying he's committed to the success and self-determination of the U.S. island territory.