A group of 70 corporations, trade groups and organizations filed a brief in support of a lawsuit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
The United States said on Thursday it will study a new route for the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, delaying any final approval beyond the U.S. 2012 election and sparing U.S. President Barack Obama a politically risky decision during an election year.
For 53 cringe-inducing seconds on live television on Wednesday night, Rick Perry's brain froze. Those 53 seconds may have destroyed his presidential campaign. Here's why.
Owing to the negative publicity by some conservatives, the US Department of Agriculture is re-assessing a 15 percent tax on purchase of Christmas trees.
E-mails made public by the U.S. House of Representatives appear to show a major donor to President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and investor in Solyndra discussed federal loans to the solar company with officials, despite White House assertions to the contrary.
In a breaking news development, the Obama administration has decided to revisit the idea of the supposed Christmas Tree Tax.
The Republican members of the Congressional budget deficit super committee offered a mixed bag of reduced deductions and tax cuts in an effort to jumpstart discussions to close at least a $1.2 trillion hole in the national deficit. But the plan was dismissed by Democrats as minimal in concessions.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that federal government employees make considerably less than private sector workers in the same position.
K5 International has nabbed international rights to Benaroya Pictures' Elvis & Nixon, the companies said Tuesday.
French President Sarkozy was overheard telling President Obama that Prime Minister Netanyahu is a liar after a G20 summit press conference.
In addition to proclaiming that Massachusetts U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren is a socialist, Paul also said public schooling is a socialist thing.
The White House has issued a declaration in response to a petition signed by more than 5000 people, stating that the government has no evidence of extraterrestrial life existing outside earth.
The company charged with conducting an environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline had a previous financial relationship with the project developer, TransCanada.
A federal judge blocked a U.S. rule requiring tobacco companies to display graphic images on cigarette packs, such as a man exhaling cigarette smoke through a hole in his throat.
Greek party leaders were struggling Tuesday to agree on a new prime minister, under pressure from the European Union to push through a bailout to save the country's finances and end the chaos threatening the euro.
American drone strikes in Pakistan have killed hundreds of innocent people, as a result of often having missed their target or hit the wrong one.
In a response to an online petition, the White House shot down the popular notion that the U.S. government is covering up the existence of extraterrestrial life.
A coalition of Nebraska residents wants TransCanada to change the route of its planned pipeline, which will carry oil from Alberta to refineries in Texas, so that it does not cross the Ogallala aquifer.
U.S. residents convinced that the government continues to hide evidence of extraterrestrial life got an official response: No aliens here.
Thousands of protesters opposed to a new oil pipeline from Canada to the United States circled the White House grounds Sunday to press President Barack Obama to reject the project for environmental reasons.
A series of messy budget showdowns earlier this year have left many in Washington pessimistic that politicians can deliver on two pressing priorities: taming surging deficits and spurring job growth.
The United States should be more open about its development of offensive cyber weapons and spell out when it will use them as it grapples with an increasing barrage of attacks by foreign hackers, the former No. 2 uniformed officer in the U.S. military said.
