One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the country of its tumultuous recent past just as frustration over an uneven earthquake relief effort ...

Former US presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will seek to reassure Haitians with a visit Monday that the world has not forgotten them after the disastrous earthquake 10 weeks ago. The unlikely duo are to meet Haitian President Rene Preval and see first-hand the wretched situation in some of the camps where hundreds of thousands of survivors are ...

US Attorney General Eric Holder took office pledging a sharp shift away from the last administration's policies, but an apparent change of heart in the White House could see the top lawyer leave his job. Holder, 59, is the first African-American to hold the top legal post, and was generally regarded with bipartisan respect when he took office. But ...

President Barack Obama has forged a complicated personal connection with the American public: Many voters consider him a principled and inspiring leader even as they question his policies and job performance. That delicate bond has given Obama a reservoir of goodwill that is sustaining his presidency in tough times — a political firewall of sorts. As Jessica Luna, a 21-year-old Democrat ...