President Barack Obama must nominate a new President of the World Bank soon, ahead of its June annual meeting in Washington. Two Third World candidates have been mentioned but another American is the likely winner.
A poll that tracks 12 purple states says voters prefer President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
Less than three hours after a top Mitt Romney aide compared the Republican presidential hopeful to an Etch A Sketch, the internet responded with an ad, a website, and many more Twitter jokes about Romney's flip-flopping views on ultra-conservative stances.
Rod Blagojevich's infamous dark brown hair will turn gray within three months of his 14-year prison term, according to his barber.
Despite online assertions of conspiracy theorists, the president's National Defense Resource Preparedness Act has already been the law in one form or another for more than 60 years.
The popular former Florida governor and brother of ex-president George W. Bush is highly respected in the Republican Party and known for his ability to connect with Latino voters.
A proposed 30 percent minimum tax on millionaires backed by President Barack Obama - dubbed the Buffett tax after investor Warren Buffett who supports it - would raise about $47 billion over a decade, according to a congressional report.
The move means that banks in Japan and 10 EU nations have been given a six-month break from being cut off from the US financial system while they work to reduce their dependence on Iranian oil.
Pyongyang officials said such rhetoric may be akin to a declaration of war.
Controversial artist Jon McNaughton release a new painting, “One Nation Under Socialism,” of President Obama holding a burning Constitution to represent his recognition of what is happening [to the Constitution] as it goes up [in flames].
The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said on Tuesday.
The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said on Tuesday.
A new video shows that Obama can understand some basic American Sign Language ... and there's evidence that he has even more secret language skills.
Actor Robert De Niro has apologized for a racial joke he made at a New York fund-raising event on Monday, saying he didn't mean to offend anyone.
Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank, sources with knowledge of emerging market efforts to find candidates said on Tuesday.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has comfortable win over Rick Santorum in Illinois.
Mitt Romney won Illinois' Republican presidential primary and dramatically increased his chances to become his party's 2012 nominee, largely due to the support of moderate conservatives and voters who thought he was the candidate with the best chance to beat President Barack Obama in November.
It's time to say these words, this word -- 'enough,' the Republican front-runner told supporters at a victory rally. We know our future is brighter than these troubled times. We deserve a president who believes in us. And I believe in the American people.
The Obama administration is using a 2006 Supreme Court opinion to attempt to convince the conservative thinker to back the healthcare law.
The American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. oil industry's main trade group, renewed its call Tuesday for President Barack Obama develop the country's untapped resources, saying that would lower national gasoline prices.
The White House said that following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Mexico, President Barack Obama daughter and her party are all safe.
In remarks on the Iranian New Year holiday of Nowruz, President Barack Obama invites Iranians to help remove Iran's electronic curtain that severely restricts Internet freedom.
