Although President Obama’s new deficit reduction plan will be portrayed as a tax hike, in reality, it by and large returns the tax code, with a few exceptions, to levels that existed prior to the 2001 Bush income tax cut -- a cut that fundamentally altered the U.S.'s fiscal and economic trajectory. The nation has been trying to recover ever since.
It could almost be scripted. A U.S. politician threatens to take China on if he makes the White House. The official Chinese press level a barrage of criticism laced with sarcasm. Beijing's Foreign Ministry steps in offering a milder diplomatic response.
Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's boastful conversations about his sexual encounters with eight women in one night, were wire-tapped as part of the ongoing investigation into an alleged prostitution ring surrounding him.
Republican leaders have officially come out against all of the main proposals in President Obama's jobs plan -- including the tax cuts. But if tax cuts for small businesses are now off the table, it's unclear what the Republican alternative is.
Presidents, most governors and senators have to be as sterile, inoffensive, lackluster and bland as possible.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg cautioned Friday that social unrest in the United States could ensue if action is not taken by policy makers to create jobs and lower the U.S.'s high 9.1 percent unemployment rate.
The good news for Congressional Republicans is that President Barack Obama's approval rating is hovering at a term-low 40 percent. The bad news is that the GOP's approval rating is at 19 percent.
While public schools have focused their energy on training students in math and reading since the passage of No Child Left Behind, the College Board announced SAT scores in combined reading and math this year have dropped to their lowest point since 1995.
Former vice president Dick Cheney spoke out in favor of same-sex marriage on Tuesday in an appearance on The View.
A federal court judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that the individual mandate in President Obama's health care reform law is unconstitutional.
With his approval rating at a term-low 40 percent, President Barack Obama needs several factors to break his way to improve his chance for re-election in 2012 -- the most important of which is job growth.
A timeline of Moammar Gadhafi's rise to power and this his fall from power.
A Cowboys fan was arrested on Sunday after using a Taser on a group of Jets fans, including a Marine.
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.
The Dolphins' newest running back gets a fresh start.
State lawmakers in North Carolina Monday moved ahead on a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage between a man and woman.
The prominent running back is getting a fresh start with the Dolphins.
The New York Times columnist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman's 9/11 blog post stirred much debate and controversy.
On the morning of 9/11, The New York Times columnist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman wrote a short blog posting titled The Years of Shame.
The Cowboys quarterback takes the heat for the season opener loss
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.
President Barack Obama picked up where his predecessor George W. Bush left off in the war against Islamic militants after the September 11 attacks, and on Sunday both saw the raw emotions that linger 10 years later.
