A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice.
At a time when the U.S. is gearing up for the President's Day celebration Monday, a newly released survey report has revealed what the country's people think about some of the past presidents.
Xi Jinping's visit to the United States is all the rage as Washington scurries to get a better impression of the presumed successor of President Hu Jintao. However, it would be premature to judge Xi's comfortable and amicable style as a sign of any weakness.
A payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, set to expire at the end of this month, would be extended through December under a bipartisan deal announced early on Thursday by U.S. congressional leaders.
President Obama took the stage at television producer Bradley Bell's house Wednesday, telling about 1,000 supporters that the economy is rebounding and that when he took office, we didn't realize how profound the nature of the crisis was.
President Barack Obama traveled to California on Wednesday for the first time since anti-piracy legislation pitting Hollywood against the tech sector got derailed, ramping up his election-year fundraising with events courting both dueling industries.
Negotiators Wednesday evening reached a sweeping tax cut deal that provides a victory to President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats in Congress and frees Republicans of an issue that threatened to stalk them to the November elections.
U.S. lawmakers Wednesday reached a sweeping tax cut deal that provides a victory to Democrats and frees Republicans of an issue that threatened to stalk them to the November elections.
Xi Jinping defended China's human rights record during his meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday. The Chinese Vice President admitted that his country could do more in the area, but added that the United States should respect China's human rights developments.
President Barack Obama has the chance to change world economic development when he selects the next President of the World Bank, the outgrowth of World War II-era plans to use rich counties to spearhead economic growth.
Most voters approve of a federal mandate that health insurance plans coverage birth control, according to a new poll whose findings contrast with the firestorm of outrage the contraception mandate has provoked.
The Associated Press, the world's oldest and largest news-gathering organization, is making good on its threat to sue content aggregation news services, alleging Tuesday that a paid-subscription company's repackaged content works on a parasitic business model. The 135-page suit against San Francisco-based company Meltwater News begins with a thudding blow: Meltwater has built its business on the willful exploitation and copying of AP's and other publishers' news articles ...
President Barack Obama's proposed 2013 budget for NASA boosts spending at the Kennedy Space Center, which bore the brunt of job layoffs at the end of the space shuttle program last year, the center director said on Tuesday.
Carney told reporters that the president discussed Lin’s dramatic game-winning shot against the Raptors aboard the Marine One aircraft.
Santorum is the latest of the anti-Romney candidates to have his time in the sun.
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum has expressed his opinions on a number of national issues, from the economy to abortion. The former Pennsylvania senator has also got something to say about your sex life.
Mitt Romney went on the offensive Tuesday on one of Michigan's biggest industries, the automotive industry, lambasting the bailouts to General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC from President Barack Obama and proclaiming himself a son of Detroit.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is set to unveil a $5 billion competitive grant program that would push states to reshape how they train, pay and retain teachers.
Rising costs, an uncertain regulatory environment and intellectual property rights violations are among the top challenges for U.S. companies in China, a survey showed.
President Barack Obama, in his new $3.8 trillion budget proposal for 2013, called for taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a reduction in the national deficit and adequate funding for education.
Syrian government forces launched an offensive on the city of Hama early on Wednesday, firing on residential neighborhoods from armored vehicles and mobile anti-aircraft guns, opposition activists said.
Included in our list of famous celebrity lip-locks is the brief kiss between Prince William and Kate Middleton that took place on the Buckingham Palace balcony on the occasion of the royal wedding. The kiss sparked cheers from the already ecstatic crowds, and was repeated during the flypast.
