WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The House Financial Services Committee Thursday approved legislation that would regulate the U.S. market for financial derivatives.

RENTON, Wash., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Seattle Seahawks perennial all-pro offensive tackle Walter Jones will miss the team's final three games following knee surgery.

WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- More than a dozen Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support Sen. John McCain for president, Capitol Hill sources say.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army general is being investigated on allegations he overstepped his bounds in trying to prosecute U.S. troops for murder in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Preparing for a strike against Iran involves far more than just military preparations; it also requires making a case to try and gain public support. And that is likely to be much harder after the release this month of the key judgments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate, which said Iran had most probably halted its nuclear weapons program.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been asked to investigate whether the general who oversees Special Operations is overzealous in prosecutions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Twelve Republicans in the House of Representatives have broken ranks with the White House to support a resolution condemning the Iraq troop surge plan.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. House Republicans have dropped their snub of France by renaming french fries "freedom fries" at House cafeterias.

WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, has told Republican colleagues they will have a full and lengthy floor debate on the Iraq War.