Join Shepard Smith every Monday through Friday at 3 p.m. ET for FOX News Channel’s newest daytime show, Studio B. Here’s a review of what was on the rundown for Monday, September 23: If the U.S. decides to go after Saddam Hussein military, what form will the strike take? • …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour roared into orbit Wednesday on a flight to deliver new residents to the international space station, following nearly a week’s delay. The launch had been postponed first by thunderstorms, then by a leaky valve. The weather finally cooperated late Wednesday afternoon, and the …

NEW YORK – If there’s anything sadder than an out-of-work actor, it’s an out-of-work puppet. So while everyone’s glad to see a human thespian make a comeback, when a puppet icon returns to the big time, you really have to give it a hand. Whether they’re hawking automobile insurance on …

In 2000, I cast my presidential ballot for George W. Bush. It wasn’t my proudest moment. But it seemed to me that I didn’t really have another viable option. I’m a libertarian who’s not all that enthralled with the Libertarian Party. As I saw them, my options at the time …

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge says he doubts the Bush administration would create a domestic intelligence agency separate from the FBI. But some senators seemed open to the idea, skeptical about whether the bureau can fill the spying role. Ridge, appearing on television talk shows Sunday, also played …

JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s government survived three no-confidence votes Monday as theIsraeli parliament approved the appointment of Shaul Mofaz, a former army chief, as the country’s new defense minister. The appointment had drawn criticism across party lines because Mofaz left the job of army chief just four months …

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is sending an estimated 1,000 more Americans to help track down Al Qaeda around the Horn of Africa, where the yearlong war on terrorism has produced few visible results so far. Defense officials said Thursday that the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney — to be …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration plans to recommend that emergency room workers and first-response teams take the smallpox vaccine. The shot soon would be available to other health care workers and emergency responders, but states would have a say in which ones it would be recommended for. The general public …

Embattled Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt resigned late Tuesday over a series of political missteps that had embarrassed the White House. Pitt served as top U.S. markets regulator for 15 tumultuous months, witnessing the Sept. 11 attacks that shuttered Wall Street, a rash of corporate scandals, a stubborn …

Awaiting a flight to Boston, Darlene Ruffin-Alexander had high praise for the new federal screeners at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. She said the screeners “are a little more efficient and certainly more customer-friendly. They are more attentive and not as playful as they have been in the past.” The government …