The sister of Patrick Kennedy collapsed at her D.C.-area gym
The son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy married Amy Petitgout Friday evening at his family compound
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The State Department came under sharp criticism Monday over how it hires and monitors thousands of private contractors.
Patrick Kennedy tells CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta he felt like a "loser" when he first told his family about his addictions.
Patrick Kennedy is sprawled in a too-small chair in a tiny courtyard in Atlanta, talking to a reporter and trying to catch the early spring sunlight.
The U.S. government announced Friday that it will impose sanctions against the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi -- part of a series of measures designed to isolate the Libyan regime and loosen the dictator's grip on power.
In an effort to quell the violence in Libya, the U.S. joins with its allies to impose sanctions on the African nation.
The United States issued a general travel alert for Americans in Europe on Sunday amid concerns that al Qaeda or related groups plan attacks similar to the 2008 massacre in the Indian city of Mumbai.
Rhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights, the diocese said Sunday.
U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has checked into an unnamed medical facility for help with his recovery from substance abuse, the Rhode Island Democrat said in a statement Friday.
After months of delay, the United States has established an embassy in Baghdad, the State Department said Monday.
The State Department may phase out or limit the use of private security guards in Iraq, which could mean canceling Blackwater USA's contract
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered the implementation of three steps to bolster the accountability of private security firms in Iraq, including the Blackwater USA.
Patrick Kennedy, who mysteriously plowed his Ford Mustang into a security barricade on Capitol Hill last week, once seemed the great hope of his generation of America's most storied political dynasty. He won his first election at 21: a college junior who had lived in Rhode Island only two years, Kennedy trounced a five-term incumbent to win a seat in the state legislature. In 1994 he was elected to Congress, and people predicted he would follow his father Edward into the Senate.
One is Ivy League, the other Big Ten. One is the son of an ambassador, the other the son of a milkman. One is mending his reputation as a rogue, the other fighting a reputation as a boy scout. Neit...