BARACK OBAMA

While Chavez was widely reviled in the U.S., he was revered by Venezuela’s poor.

Chavez left behind a wealth of bizarre and often humorous quotes.

The First Amendment for Ferrell only applies to issues he agrees with apparently.

The president wants a Democrat-controlled U.S. House in 2014. That may be getting in the way of solving the sequester crisis.

A new study by the Pew Research Center found that public opinion on Twitter is often significantly out of step with public opinion among the general population.

Final results of the presidential election in Kenya are yet to be released, but a provisional tally shows Uhuru Kenyatta in the lead.

A newly elected Obama chose to go tough on Israel in 2009, hoping it would work. A new book reveals how that idea backfired on the White House.

The latest from Capitol Hill: Sequestration continues but at least there's one bright spot, courtesy of Speaker Boehner.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Monday as investor sentiment was weighed down by concerns over the U.S. spending cuts.

U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate the Walmart Foundation president for the position Monday, sources said Sunday.

The unsuccessful presidential contender acknowledged he underestimated the appeal of Obamacare in a televised interview Sunday.

While he won't budge on sequester, Speaker Boehner said the House will act next week to avoid a government shutdown.

Having watched lawmakers bounce from crisis to crisis on the way to the current sequestration, the speaker puts his foot down on spending cuts.

The anticipated sequestration process began to take effect hours ago. Here is what's been sliced and diced in Washington already.

The U.S. has a staggering rate of child poverty. For ideas on what to do about it, a good place to look is Europe -- if there is the political will.

The budget cuts have been in the news for weeks now with the deadline arriving today, but to some, "sequester" remains a mystery.

A group of House Democrats warned that they will vote against any deal that includes cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

There was no breakthrough in a meeting the president had with Congress Friday regarding the 2013 sequester cuts.

Obama and congressional leaders are meeting today about the 2013 sequester cuts, but what are the options on the table?

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open on Friday ahead of the automatic sequester spending cuts set to begin at midnight.

As the clock ticked toward huge spending cuts, many members of Congress skipped town. But no fear, the real deadline is Friday midnight.