GEORGE W. BUSH

Being the prime minister of Pakistan may be, arguably, one of the most insecure political jobs in the world.

So far, President Obama's bipartisan move to tap the Republican Hagel to be DOD head isn't being warmly received by certain GOP members.

New top income tax rate of 39.6% only affects 0.7% of taxpayers, and only 18% of revenue from Bush tax cuts will be restored.

The president signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, despite previously threatening to veto it over controversial provisions.

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) settled charges with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission by agreeing to changes in search and patent rights.

Gridlock in Washington stems partly from electorate changes and party from zealotry, and it will take another election or two to end.

The U.S. Senate continued to work on a bipartisan budget bill Sunday, while Obama administration officials prepared a back-up bill.

If Congress cannot reach a bipartisan deal to avert the fiscal cliff, then it should vote on a forthcoming Senate package, the president says.

The GOP majority's determination to shield millionaires at all costs may push John Boehner off a cliff, too.

Ex-President George H.W. Bush has a persistent fever and has been put on an all-liquid diet.

The FISA Amendments Act -- allowing the U.S. government to engage in warrantless wiretapping -- will likely be reauthorized before New Year's Day.

Former Sen. Hagel is a Republican, but that isn't stopping Obama from considering him for DOD, in what may prove to be a smart move.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday failed to present any real ideas about how to address the metastasizing problem of random gun violence.

John Boehner, I feel your pain. Everybody seems to be ganging up on you. If it’s not President Barack Obama, it’s Harry Reid in the Senate, or Tom Friedman and his journalistic acolytes, or even some members of your own caucus.

The report, which is three years in the making, investigates whether "enhanced interrogation techniques" helped intelligence officials gather important information that otherwise would have been lost.

Rep. Steve Israel fears current firearms legislation lapsing in the face of a wave of 3D-printed guns from hobbyists and manufacturers.

If no compromise is reached, then one side would suffer the most in voters' minds, and it's not the president's.

The former president, who unsuccessfully tried to get a reform bill passed, calls for his party to rethink its approach.

The relationship between the U.S. and Israel is being subjected to an increased scrutiny.

Responding to Boehner's GOP fiscal cliff proposal, House Democrats will try to force a vote on ending the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthy.

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is in stable condition after being hospitalized because of a bronchitis-related cough the day after Thanksgiving. The former president is likely to remain in the Methodist Hospital in Houston until after the weekend.