Astros manager Brad Mills has spent time in both leagues and definitely would prefer to stay put. That could change, though, under a realignment plan Major League Baseball is exploring.

MLB is considering a proposal that would have 15 teams in the American League and 15 clubs in the National League. The leagues would not be split into divisions. The top three teams would make the playoffs. The fourth- and fifth-place clubs would be wild cards.

Commissioner Bud Selig’s committee for on-field matters has discussed the change that would take effect in 2012. The Astros would be among the teams considered for switching leagues.

Like a ticking time bomb, the U.S. national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It is expanding by about $1.4 billion (€950 million) a day — or nearly $1 million (€680,000) a minute.

Every American's vote counts. It's a basic pillar of our electoral system. But a CBS 11 investigation discovered that election officials can't guarantee that only American citizens vote in elections. After the review of data from Tarrant and Dallas Counti

In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security established the Secure Border Initiative (SBI), a multiyear, multibillion dollar program to secure U.S. borders. One element of SBI is SBInet -- the U.S. Customs and Border Protection program responsib

The national debt has hit $9 trillion for the first time. The Treasury Department, which issues a daily accounting of the debt, said Wednesday that the debt subject to limit was at $9 trillion on Tuesday. It was $8.996 trillion on Monday.

The National Latino Congreso, meeting in Los Angeles this weekend, has unanimously passed one of two resolutions presented by representatives of the Kucinich for President campaign and will consider a second one today.

Ohio Representative and 2008 presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich indicated his support for promoting Spanish as a second official language of the United States in last night’s Democratic presidential debate in Miami. In front of an overwhelmingly His

Latino organizational leaders, elected officials, and activists- more than 2,000 leaders from 20 states and 700 organizations and elective offices will convene October 5 - October 9th for the purpose of planning the Latino political agenda.

WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Rena J. Comisac, U.S. Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd of the District of South Carolina, and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert of the Western District of North Carolina, announc

President Bush's strategy for bolstering border security by sending 6,000 National Guard troops to aid the Border Patrol turns a year old this weekend. With that anniversary, the process of drawing down the number of troops here also begins. By Sept. 1, t