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You know what you do when you're in a race? Go for the top dog. Republican presidential candidates did exactly that in Monday night's CNN/Tea Party debate in Florida. En masse, they gunned for front-runner Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

In U.S. politics, he who wins the verbal war often wins the political war, and with the aforementioned in mind, the Republicans are ahead.

Could Facebook buy Yahoo, effectively killing two birds with one stone? That's a scenario suggested by Reuters financial blog Breakingviews, and it is not out of the question.

President Barack Obama said he plans to offset the $447 billion cost of his new jobs plan by jettisoning tax breaks for wealthy Americans, prefiguring a clash with Republicans who have opposed similar measures in the past.

Republican presidential hopefuls meet in Florida on Monday for another debate that is likely to see front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney jockeying for the lead.

Will the real Sarah Palin please stand up?

The future of the $450-billion jobs stimulus looked bleak after President Barack Obama unveiled a plan to raise taxes, reduce exemptions and repeal various oil subsidies in order to pay for the package.

A book containing the details of a series of 1964 interviews that former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave to JFK aide Arthur M. Schlesinger is being released on Wednesday.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is giving his coveted presidential race endorsement to Rick Perry, the Texas Governor who is a front-runner in the race for the Republican party's presidential nomination, according to a report.

Finally, U.S. President Barack Obama is wearing his job, acting and talking with a plan and swagger becoming of his office. After unveiling a massive jobs plan to get America out of its nine percent unemployment and flat growth doldrums late last week, Obama is pushing Congress to get it done or get out of the way so America can get moving again.

The budding rivalry of Republican presidential contenders Rick Perry and Mitt Romney takes the spotlight on Monday when the party's White House hopefuls meet in Florida for their second debate in less than a week.

Business leaders and former government officials urged President Barack Obama on Monday to go big with his recommendations to a congressional panel tasked with slashing America's debt.

NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson was relaxing on the International Space Station, reading a Tom Clancy novel when he heard reports of the 9/11 attacks on New York City.

For the 10th anniversary of 9/11, President Barack Obama traveled from New York City to Shanksville, Pa. to the Pentagon in Washington D.C. for a speech to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 attack.

With the nation reaching the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack, the United States has moved to a heightened state of alert: government officials have been trying to strike a balance between recommending caution and stirring up unnecessary fear.

Amid a heightened state of security in New York and Washington during 9/11 memorial events shaded by a new credible terror threat, threatening messages have been posted on the White House Facebook page.

The United States marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York, Washington, and Shanksville, Pa. Sunday with memorial services at the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and at a field in Pennsylvania -- all three of which are hallowed ground.

Despite a credible but unconfirmed terror threat against New York City and Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama will not change his plans to travel to ground zero for the 10th anniversary of the Sept . 11 terrorist attacks.

Evidence found in Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan indicated that he wanted to attack the United States on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes, Vice President Joe Biden said Friday.

As New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg promised, security has been ramped up following the reveal of credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington and New York City to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The events of Sept. 11, 2001 stunned the United States and the world, and pushed both in to a new era: The day remains the most important international event since the end of the Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.