Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't mince words Sunday when she called Iran a military dictatorship and issued a fiery warning that it stay out of Iraq after the United States completes its pullout of troops this year.
While Kenya's sweeping military intervention into Somalia shares the Obama administration's goal of dismantling the Al-Qaeda affiliated militant group al-Shabab, the campaign also carries the risk of exacerbating instability in the notoriously fractured country.
The ink is barely dry on European leaders’ plan to resolve the Greek / Europe debt crisis, and attention has already turned to the U.S. Federal Reserve. Is there enough liquidity in the global financial system or will Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke need to deploy more monetary stimulus to grease the wheels of commerce?
Stocks surged 2 percent on Thursday after European leaders reached a long-awaited agreement to boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal with banks and insurers to accept 50 percent losses on Greek bonds.
Cutting Medicaid by 5 percent would cost U.S. states $14 billion and trigger job losses in the tens of thousands by depressing spending by states, hospitals, nursing homes, drug companies and others, a study said on Wednesday.
Pundits who argued that GOP presidential nominee candidate Herman Cain was merely the Republican party's flavor of the month in the race to unseat Democratic incumbent Barack Obama may have been right.
California political leaders chose a site near the headquarters of Solyndra to kick off hearings on how the state's growing cleantech industry can proceed in the wake of that solar company's dramatic collapse.
Scott Olsen, a former U.S. Marine who completed two tours in Iraq, is in critical condition on Thursday, after being hit in the face by a police projectile during an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday night. Will his injuries galvanize the Occupy movement?
Exxon Mobil Corp's profit rose 41 percent in the third quarter, as gains in crude oil prices and higher refining margins boosted results while production disappointed.
Fears of a double-dip recession in the U.S. receded temporarily Thursday after Washington said consumers bought more appliances and businesses spent more on construction this past summer.
Rejuvenated Australian golfer Jason Day has set himself a target of reaching world number one in the next five years following his brilliant season on the U.S. PGA Tour, a far cry from his struggles to get out of bed earlier this year when plagued by mental demons and illness.
Hurricane Rina's projected path has forced numerous flight cancellations and diverted nearly a dozen cruise ships.
There may be aliens among us. The filmmakers behind the movie Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond have released what they believe to be photographic evidence of a pre-Mayan, ancient alien civilization to TheWrap. Producer Raul Julia-Levy submitted a photograph to TheWrap of a giant carved head in a jungle in southern Guatemala. The photograph was taken in the 1930s.
The secretary of state and former first lady would beat Mitt Romney by 17 percentage points and Rick Perry by 26 percentage points, compared to leads of 3 and 12 percentage points for President Obama, according to a new Time Magazine poll.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the House Judiciary Committee that instead of enforcing the Alabama immigration Law, her department has been working with the Justice Department to challenge it.
Stocks rallied in early trading on Thursday after European leaders agreed to boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal with banks and insurers to accept 50 percent losses on Greek bonds.
Pending sales of existing U.S. homes dropped for a third successive month during September, a real estate industry group reported on Thursday, though a sales index was above year-ago levels.
Regulators subpoenaed Avon Products Inc over its contact with analysts, and the company is under a formal investigation over whether it failed to comply with bribery laws in China and elsewhere.
After two decades in Congress, U.S. Rep. John Olver, D-Mass., announced he will retire at the end of his term.
An uncommon, all-red aurora borealis or Northern Light appeared over the skies of the city of Independence in Missouri at 2 p.m. ET Oct. 24.
Apple patent could be a weapon against Samsung and HTC, who Apple already has multiple claims against.
It's no surprise that tablet users are rich, educated, and like reading the news. So, why won't they pay for it?
