Michele Bachmann's "no" vote ad is easy to run now that Congress avoided a financial disaster for America by passing the debt-ceiling bill.
David Magee
Aug 03, 2011
Michele Bachmann's new ad in which she touts voting against raising the debt ceiling is questioned.
David Magee
Aug 03, 2011
With Medicare at the top of lawmakers' fall agenda, Tea Party movement leaders hope to ignite support for Republican plans to transform the popular federal healthcare program for the elderly.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 03, 2011
The United States had its triple-A rating confirmed by two key ratings agencies on Tuesday after Washington struck a last-minute deal to avoid a debt default, but threats of future downgrades remain.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 03, 2011
The chaotic and often ugly debt-ceiling talks managed to avert a potential economic catastrophe but inflicted new damage to the political reputations of most of the key players.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 03, 2011
The former Egyptian leader said he was innocent at a Cairo court on Wednesday
Daniel Tovrov
Aug 03, 2011
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday confirmed its Aaa rating of the United States, citing the decision to raise the debt limit, but assigned a negative outlook that could pressure lawmakers to cut the U.S. deficit.
Lawrence Villamar
Aug 02, 2011
A Gallup poll revealed that American Muslims generally feel integrated into American culture and confident in its political institutions, challenging a perception that Muslims feel marginalized or detached from society.
Jeremy White
Aug 02, 2011
Elections to recall Wisconsin state senators who supported a controversial collective bargaining law have generated $4.2 million in fundraising, underscoring the far-reaching implications of the elections.
Jeremy White
Aug 02, 2011
The analysts expect ?mild appreciation pressure on the ruble? in the next few months.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 02, 2011
Tea Party conservatives scored their biggest political triumph with a debt-ceiling deal that cuts federal spending, but their hardline tactics could risk a voter backlash in the 2012 elections.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 02, 2011
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell displayed his skills as a dealmaker to avert an unprecedented debt default that could have blown a hole in the U.S. economy and stung his party in next year's elections.
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Aug 02, 2011
The debt-ceiling deal hammered out by the Republicans and the Democrats in the Capitol has averted the risk of calamitous cuts in federal spending, while ensuring failure to service debt will not arise. However, analysts say some big questions remain to be answered.
Jijo Jacob
Aug 02, 2011
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg urged Parliament Monday to preserve the democratic values of Norway as public pressure grew for stiffer sentences for serious crimes after an anti-immigration zealot's bloody rampage.
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Aug 01, 2011
Observers say President Barack Obama should have pushed Republicans harder in debt deal negotiations. But the big mistake of Obama and Democrats wasn't raising the debt ceiling when they still controlled Congress in 2010.
David Magee
Aug 01, 2011
Opinion polls have provided the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) with enormous levels of support, just one week after Breivik murdered scores of Labour members on Utøya island, outside of Oslo.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 01, 2011
"The leaders of both parties, in both chambers, have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default," President Obama announced Sunday night. The long-awaited and momentous agreement would cut 1 trillion dollars from a 10-year budget and raise the debt ceiling to beyond the 2012 elections.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 31, 2011
It was John Lennon who said there are no problems, only solutions, and on Sunday Congressional Democrats and Republicans continued to work on a bill that would avert a dreaded U.S. Government default. If the two sides continue to make progress, a vote on the bill could occur as early as Sunday night.
Joseph Lazzaro
Jul 31, 2011
Top congressional Republicans said on Saturday they were in serious talks with President Barack Obama to break a U.S. debt limit deadlock and were confident the risk of default by the world's largest economy could be avoided.
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Jul 30, 2011
A bitter mood prevailed on Capitol Hill as lawmakers struggled on Saturday to find a compromise measure to lift the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit three days before the deadline to avert a ruinous default.
keep for now
Jul 30, 2011
Following the sudden resignations of Turkey?s four most senior military commanders, the president of the country insisted the government is not facing a crisis, although he conceded that this has created an ?extraordinary? situation.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 30, 2011
Facing a deadline to avoid a ruinous default, congressional leaders on Saturday braced for a tense weekend of negotiations to try to reach a compromise on a measure to increase in the country's $14.3 trillion debt limit.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 30, 2011
