The man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet Tuesday, then fled, and he is considered dangerous, authorities said. Leeland Eisenberg cut off his monitor just after 10 a.m., one ...

The U.S.-based lawyer for one of 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping in Haiti appealed Tuesday for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to personally intervene in the case. Attorneys for detainee Jim Allen said in a letter to Clinton that they are concerned ...

In a first for U.S. diplomacy, the State Department has used Twitter to announce an upcoming overseas trip by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Followers of the department's "Dipnote" Twitter feed were the first to get official word of Clinton's Feb. 13-16 trip to Qatar ...

A look at some first ladies past and their causes: DOLLEY MADISON The first first lady to take on a public project, Madison helped to found an orphanage for young girls, the Washington Female Orphans Asylum. She gave money to the project, donated a cow to provide the girls with fresh milk, and helped to sew uniforms. MARY TODD LINCOLN ...