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Republican presidential contenders meet on Tuesday for the seventh debate in their race for the nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney largely ignored his presidential rivals at a debate on Tuesday, casting himself as the candidate most suited to rescue the economy and lead the party back to the White House.

The Republican debate on Bloomberg is underway at Dartmouth, and the focus is on something critical to America: The economy. But I've barely heard a word said in the first 18 minutes of the debate because I'm so concerned about Ron Paul's fake eyebrow, which is falling off.

The Unites States and the European Union has said the trial for former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was politically motivated and has condemned the seven-year jail sentence.

More than two-thirds of Americans -- including a majority of Republicans -- say the wealthy should pay more in taxes, but they don't want the Social Security and Medicare entitlement programs touched, a new poll indicates.

President Barack Obama based his health care law directly on a similar law passed in Massachusetts when Mitt Romney was governor, an investigation has found.

Rick Perry hopes to end a string of poor performances and Mitt Romney looks to consolidate his newly regained front-runner status at a Republican presidential debate Tuesday evening.

President Barack Obama could create millions of jobs by attracting more foreign capital to the United States, helping entrepreneurs and being more aggressive in energy, business leaders said on Monday

Only in the bitter partisanship of our moment could Texas Governor Rick Perry be denounced because he expressed compassion. In the most recent Republican presidential debate, Perry was hammered for supporting a Texas law that allows illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition discounts at public universities. Now he has apologized for saying those who oppose helping illegals attend college “have no heart.”

The fate of Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor sentenced to death for refusing to convert to Islam, now belongs to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called on Monday for a new era of U.S. global engagement based on strong economic partnerships and a leading role in what he said would be a new Pacific Century.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a Staten Island Republican, is the second ally of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to endorse Mitt Romney for president.

Republican White House hopeful Michele Bachmann, beset by falling poll numbers, staff departures and reports of fundraising troubles, on Sunday vowed to continue her campaign through the New Hampshire primary, which is likely to be in early January.

Roger Williams, known as the Pianist to the Presidents, died on Saturday at the age of 87 in his California home after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, his former publicist said.

Growing protests targeting Wall Street and U.S. economic inequality spawned heated rhetoric among politicians on Sunday as organizers planned more demonstrations this week.

The more I read about Herman Cain, the more I like about Herman Cain.

Roger Williams, known as the Pianist to the Presidents, died on Saturday at the age of 87 in his California home after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, his former publicist said.

The 1985 Chicago Bears football team finally scored a long-awaited White House visit on Friday, a quarter century after its legendary Super Bowl championship victory.

President Barack Obama launched an onslaught against banks and Republicans this for working to block financial reform, using a populist tone amid public anger over Wall Street practices.

A top U.S. Treasury Department official cautioned counterparts at the Energy Department that their plan to help a failing solar-power company, Solyndra LLC, by restructuring its $535 million federal loan could violate the law and should be cleared with the Justice Department.

An Obama administration appointee at the U.S. Energy Department pressed White House analysts to sign off on a $535 million loan guarantee for Solyndra LLC even though his wife worked for the failed solar-panel maker's law firm.