U.S. currency apparently costs more to produce than it is actually worth. Now, President Obama is asking Congress to lower the cost of minting coins.
PBS documentary Clinton has put America's focus back on the Monica Lewinsky scandal that almost ruined the Clinton presidency. But what new details does the documentary really offer us? From how many other women were in Clinton's life to where Lewinsky is now, here's everything you need to know about the PBS documentary.
Popular Comedy Central talk show The Colbert Report has temporarily suspended production for reasons still unknown. Host Stephen Colbert and his representatives did not respond to initial inquiry.
A payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, set to expire at the end of this month, would be extended through December under a bipartisan deal announced early on Thursday by U.S. congressional leaders.
In 1972, the Chinese economy was a shadow of the modern powerhouse it would blossom into.
Conflicting reports on whether or not Iran will terminate the supply of its crude to Europe before European Union sanctions become effective have come to the front fuelling the worries of possible risk of oil supply disruption.
President Barack Obama traveled to California on Wednesday for the first time since anti-piracy legislation pitting Hollywood against the tech sector got derailed, ramping up his election-year fundraising with events courting both dueling industries.
Negotiators Wednesday evening reached a sweeping tax cut deal that provides a victory to President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats in Congress and frees Republicans of an issue that threatened to stalk them to the November elections.
Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered a referendum for later this month on a new constitution that would allow political parties other than his ruling Baath Party as part of promised reforms, The Associated Press said.
Carney told reporters that the president discussed Lin’s dramatic game-winning shot against the Raptors aboard the Marine One aircraft.
President Obama is expected to appoint a replacement soon for out-going World Bank President Robert Zoellick, who is leaving after the administration decided not to reappoint him to a second five-year term.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Wednesday he plans to step down when his term ends on June 30, raising questions whether the United States will insist on holding on to a job that has always gone to an American.
U.S. lawmakers reached a tentative deal on Tuesday on legislation aimed at boosting the economy by extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers through this year and continuing long-term jobless benefits, congressional aides said.
U.S. lawmakers were close to a deal Tuesday on legislation that would boost the economy in the short term by extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers through this year and continue long-term jobless benefits, congressional aides said.
Bill Clinton's friends and colleagues wills speak up for the first time about their experiences in the White House during the Monica Lewinsky affair in a highly anticipated four-hour documentary about the former U.S President.
Jinping Xi, slated to become China's next leader by 2013, touched down at Andrews Air Force base this morning to begin a busy five-day visit which included meetings with President Obama and other top administration officials at the White House.
President Barack Obama was characteristically reticent on the issue of gay marriage.
Xi is expected to succeed Hu Jintao as both Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 58-year-old communist leader's rise to power had uncertain beginnings, but ultimately followed the formulaic path of political grooming and steady ladder-climbing known to produce China's recent and future leaders. Here are nine things to know about how he rose to power:
President Barack Obama urged Americans to pressure their lawmakers in Washington to pass a payroll tax cut extension.
President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs than the White House put forward just five months ago.
President Barack Obama proposed a $770 million aid package Monday for Arab countries undergoing democratic revolutions.
Maine's GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe announced their support of Obama's revised contraception mandate just as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced new legislation attacking the birth control rule.
