GEORGE W. BUSH

Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge and attorney general under President George W. Bush, said arguments for Justices Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves from the Affordable Care Act case are flimsy at best.

The daughters of Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman have released a video in which they rap about his rivals to the beat of a Justin Timberlake song.

President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target of providing treatment to 6 million people worldwide by 2013, up from an earlier goal of 4 million.

Local business men in Malawi are naming their products after names like Osama Bin Ladin, Obama and Bush which is helping them to get unique identity capable of boosting sales.

Bush is scheduled to tour through Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia, where he is planning to raise awareness about AIDS, cervical and breast cancers.

President Barack Obama announced a $50 million increase in HIV/ AIDS treatments Thursday, funding meant to treat two million additional people.

World AIDS Day 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of HIV. While tremendous progress has been made, cases continue to rise worldwide, with treatment still largely unavailable to the poor. President Obama aims to combat stigma and apathy about HIV/AIDS, and increase available medication, with a joint U.S.-global initiative targeting 15 countries most affected by the deadly disease.

Dateline Yale--$40,000 a year, two-drink minimum. Yep, the prestigious gateway to the CIA, a career as a thespian and the U.S. Presidency for Both Bush, father and son, and Clinton, now offers a course on New York nightlife. College is a fine time to party, and I support a liberal amount of irrational exuberance mixed in with cramming for grades, but somehow, in these difficult economic times, I find a college course about the history of partying a bit...disconcerting.

AT&T Senior Executive Vice President Jim Cicconi said it is troubling that the Federal Communications Commission released a staff report on the wireless provider's $39 billion proposal to buy T-Mobile.

Dr. Donald Berwick, who was praised for his efforts to reform health care by Republicans such as Newt Gingrich long before he was approached by the Obama administration, was attacked for allegedly favoring health care rationing after being nominated for CMS chief by President Obama in 2010.

The former House Speaker has been on the defensive, rebutting criticisms that he is supporting amnesty for millions of immigrants, or that his policy would erect a magnet for undocumented immigrants, as former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has charged. What was Gingrich really proposing? Here's the breakdown:

President Obama is expected to face a tough reelection campaign in 2012, but a new poll found there is one Republican he would easily beat: former President George W. Bush.

Jordan, the dominant athlete of my lifetime, a global icon, and widely regarded as the greatest basketball player in history, is now fat.

Ron Paul, R-Texas, a libertarian congressman, has gained popularity recently among likely Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Here are his positions on the issues.

First Lady Michelle Obama was booed at a NASCAR event on Sunday.

Partisan disagreement over the fate of the Bush-era tax cuts on the nation's top earners helped to undo the Congressional deficit reduction super committee, ensuring that debate about the cuts will figure heavily into the 2012 presidential contest.

By Thanksgiving, the number of young people on Long Island charged with cheating on their college board exams is expected to reach 13, with at least five more arrests on tap, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said.

The U.S. Congress' budget deficit super committee appears to be on the verge of a complete collapse. Republicans and Democrats on the committee are at loggerheads: Republicans apparently want to permanently extend the Bush-era income tax cuts, Democrats don't.

California's Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for supporters of the state's same-sex marriage ban to defend it in federal court, a crucial ruling that allows the pitched battle to decide if gay marriage is a U.S. right to go forward.

Maury Povich, 72, told Us Weekly that he met his wife Connie Chung when she was a copy girl. He also revealed to the magazine which former president is his golfing buddy in a list of 25 interesting things he said people don't know about him.

A bipartisan and bicameral group of 45 Senators and 102 Representatives have banded together to encourage the budget deficit super committee to go big.