Investigators are looking into whether or not the White House gave too much information to Hollywood director Katheryn Bigelow and her team working on a movie about the Osama bin Laden raid.
In his first full day as chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray sought to lower the political heat around the agency, saying it would earnestly get to work targeting all the bad actors in the lending industry.
In his first full day as chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray sought to lower the political heat around the agency, saying it would earnestly get to work targeting all the bad actors in the lending industry.
The U.S. Department of Defense and CIA are investigating claims that the Obama administration gave Oscar Award winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow more than a peek at classified information about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Ron Paul supporters and other election-watchers have been debating whether or not he was cut short Monday by the national news network when it stopped airing remarks by the GOP presidential candidate as he went into a discussion of the NDAA bill.
After more than a month of posturing, Iran said it's ready to restart nuclear talks with the European Union, adding that Turkey would be the best place for a dialog.
The president's recess appointment power under the Constitution is not without its ambiguities, and the president's use of this power in light of these ambiguities has given rise to significant political and legal controversy since the beginning of the Republic.
Mitt Romney's win in the Iowa caucuses has slapped him with a once-familiar tag: frontrunner. It may signal a return to the common stasis of any campaign. Where once intra-party bickering sunk many past frontrunners, the common political mantra of punch up has taken hold in the 2012 campaign. Perhaps the era of surging candidates is over?
President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that calls for greater U.S. military presence in Asia and envisions cutting troops in Europe as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war.
In his first speech as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray said his agency will immediately begin overseeing lenders outside the banking industry, and will take a tough stance against any financial players that break the law.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will wield broader powers to crack down on formerly unregulated sectors of the economy that include payday lenders and mortgage brokers after President Barack Obama installed Richard Cordray as head of the nascent agency.
The price of oil has been rising due to mounting tensions between Iran and the United States and other western countries. On Wednesday the pressure on Iran continued to ratchet up, as European Union governments agreed on to ban imports of Iranian oil.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, angry over his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses, may have a new and unlikely partner in his quest to tarnish rival Mitt Romney: President Barack Obama.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has announced that she is quitting the presidential race after a dismal sixth place finish in the first Republican nominating contest in Iowa.
The Obama administration will unveil a more realistic vision for the military Thursday, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and invest more in air and sea power at a time of fiscal restraint, officials familiar with the plans said Wednesday.
Republicans are raging over the process in which President Barack Obama appointed Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But the howling could strengthen Obama's re-election campaign.
Byron Wien, vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners issued his list of surprises for 2012 on Wednesday. The tradition of giving his views on a series of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year started in 1986.
The United States can be entirely self sufficient in liquid fuels in the next 15 years if more federal lands are opened up to oil and natural gas exploration and drilling.
The former Utah governor Jon Huntsman has put all of his campaign eggs in New Hampshire, hoping for a positive outcome in the state's primary next Tuesday. Despite languishing in the polls, Huntsman has made over 150 appearances in the Granite State, which he hopes will pay off and catapult him into the new Republican of Choice -- with Rick Santorum's success serving as the model.
The New Hampshire Republican Primary of 2012's date is set at January 10. For a comprehensive list of dates (on issues like corrections and absentee ballots) of the event, click here.
With his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul demonstrated that he can appeal to a segment of the electorate outside of his base, but is his message broad enough to secure a major party nomination?
The EU governments in the 27-nation bloc agreed on the Iranian oil embargo, but now need to plan a timetable for implementing the move. France has suggested a date for beginning the embargo is set at a scheduled Jan. 30 meeting of the EU foreign ministers.
