Senators voted 51 to 46 along party lines to set aside the measure, known as the “cut, cap and balance” bill
U.S. forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in a mountain cave on Afghanistan’s border, but with his youngest wife in a million-dollar compound
House Republicans will demand major concessions before agreeing to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) said on Sunday, setting the stage..
The ongoing standoff in Washington over the federal budget is now less than three days away from its deadline, with Republicans and Democrats still locked in disagreement.
The French air force has destroyed Libyan tanks and armoured vehicles, firing the first shots in a UN-mandated military intervention to protect civilians from attacks by Moamar Gaddafi’s.
Japan says it is stepping up efforts to cool reactors at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, amid increasing alarm over radiation leaks.
Standard and Poor’s took the unprecedented step of downgrading the U.S. government’s “AAA” sovereign credit rating Friday in a move that could send shock waves through global.
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC Chief Executive Officer Mohamed El-Erian said a short-term default by the U.S. on its debt might have “catastrophic” legal consequences.
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Thursday evening authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya and other measures military action against Libya.
Over the past three weeks the average cost for a gallon of gasoline in the United States has gone from $3.14 to the current average of $3.50.
President Obama travelled to North Carolina State University where he delivered remarks on the American Jobs Act
Hurricane Irene dumped vast amounts of water on the eastern US at the weekend, cut electricity to millions of people and prompted warnings of extensive flash flooding further inland.
Ideological disputes over abortion financing and changes to the nation’s clean air laws have become major obstacles to a deal on the federal budget
It appears many in Wisconsin would like an electoral do-over.
Paperwork has been filed to recall 16 state senators — Democrats and Republicans
Rachel Maddow went on a tear Thursday, condemning Democrats for forcing Anthony Weiner to resign and warning them that they have damaged themselves “probably for a generation” because of their actions. Maddow has repeatedly decried…
National Democrats are already releasing a Wisconsin ad aimed at making Republican legislators pay a price for ending collective bargaining for public employees.
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