BARACK OBAMA

The U.S. pivot to Asia has been out of the news for some time, but with renewed tensions over territories, the U.S. is stepping up its role.

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) and Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) reported quarterly earnings on Wednesday.

Acutely aware of the damage a U.S. default could cause, China is getting increasingly nervous.

About 3,000 truck drivers are planning a mass protest along the Capital Beltway this weekend -- or is #T2SDA (Truckers to Shut Down America) just a hoax?

News of Janet Yellen's nomination for the Fed leadership has offset anxiety over the shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis.

Howard Schultz's offer of free coffee comes a day after he penned an open letter urging leaders to put citizenship above partisanship.

If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen would become the 15th Fed chairman and the first woman to hold that post.

After years of keeping Western inspectors out, it looks like Iran will have to let them in after finding itself near broke.

NASA has banned Chinese scientists from attending an upcoming conference, leading to a boycott from some astronomers.

The president says he and Democrats are ready to talk, but not before the government shutdown ends and default threats subside.

The U.S. government shutdown is now merging with the debt ceiling deadline crisis -- and both sides are formulating strategies.

Republicans demanding that Democrats cave on funding the health care law ignore the fact that Democrats already compromised on spending.

The Keystone pipeline is being debated on its environmental and economic impacts, but there is another debate that few talk about.

The New York senator says the Tea Party has been planning the shutdown for about a year, with Boehner's approval.

The speaker of the house says he doesn't want a default, but adds that things are headed that way.

The latest casualty in the shutdown is the website for the child-abduction alert system, but the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children still has a list of current Amber Alerts.

Recent natural gas finds in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea recent have countries vying for the rich energy resource.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, insists his filibuster to kill the Affordable Care Act did not “remotely” hurt the Republican Party.

The U.S. senator from Kentucky says the president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are the obstacles to ending the government shutdown.

Talks about the free-trade deal between the EU and the U.S. were postponed due to the partial government shutdown.

In the likely event Bill de Blasio enters Gracie Mansion, it will end 20 years of mostly Republican administrations.