By Kenneth P. Vogel

After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum.

By Mike Baker

RALEIGH, N.C. The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters on the post, officials said Thursday.

BATON ROUGE, La. Friends and relatives of executed Washington, D.C., sniper John Allen Muhammad gathered in his hometown Tuesday for his funeral.

Muhammad was put to death last week in Virginia for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during an October 2002 shooting rampage. It left 10 people dead and terrorized Maryland, Virginia and Washington over a three-week period.

By Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON  A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood shootings, The Washington Post reported.

BALTIMORE A Baltimore attorney who became a confidant of executed D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said he plans to tell the convicted killer's story in a book.

In the space race of the 1950s and ’60s, the leading voices were rocket scientist Wernher von Braun and … another guy.

Household names included Neil Armstrong, Alan Shepard and … oh, you know, the fellow who pushed the idea of a separate crew capsule and lunar lander.

Cities around Hampton Roads observed Veterans Day today, though some events had to be canceled or moved indoors because of the rainy, windy weather. (Click at left for a full photo gallery of Veterans Day, from Hampton Roads to Arlington to Fort Hood.)

By Allen G. Breed

FORT HOOD, Texas A key U.S. senator called Sunday for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology.

By Patrick O'Connor and Carol E. Lee Virginia's Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell, whose win last Tuesday sparked a wave of speculation about President Barack Obama's standing a year after his own historic election, attributed his victory to "Virginia issues" rather than fallout over the national agenda.