BARACK OBAMA

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school, Perry says in the ad.

Donald Trump may have to cancel his much-maligned GOP debate now that Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are the only ones attending -- but he wants you to know it's not his fault.

Only 20 percent of Americans told Gallup that Congressional incumbents deserve to be re-elected, the lowest percentage in the organization's 19-year history of asking that question.

At one point, the cowboy-boot wearing huckster from the Lone Star State was the darling of the GOP's right, before shoddy debate performances and a goofy stump speech in New Hampshire sent his poll numbers plummeting. Now Perry has adopted a hyper-Christian posture in a last ditch effort at garnering support from Iowa's Evangelical base of Republican voters.

Now, NBC is reportedly checking the songs The Roots and Questlove will play on the Jimmy Fallon show for pre-approval. Thompson, the drummer, said in an interview that he's gotta clear a lot of the song choices with the network.

Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry have turned down invitations to Donald Trump's much-hyped Republican debate, leaving The Donald with just two attendees: Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

House Republicans have proposed a bill extending the payroll tax cut that includes a provision to push through the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and reform several social safety net programs, openly defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama.

UPA government led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to be in trouble after failing to implement its retail reform.

A senior Pakistani military officer said a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan last month was pre-planned, newspapers reported Friday, comments likely to fuel tension with the United States.

A gunman ambushed and killed a campus police officer and was later reported to have been found dead on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history.

Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign is winning on Twitter, according to a recent study from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

A gunman killed a police officer and another person on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history, school officials said.

Newt Gingrich's rise to Republican front runner status has been cemented by overseas odds makers, who put the former Speaker ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in several upcoming caucuses and the overall race for the GOP nod.

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a nine-month low last week, suggesting the labor market's recovery was gaining momentum.

A gunman killed a police officer and another person on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history, school officials said.

Initial jobless claims are dropping -- they're down to 381,000 but they will have to continue to decline to give investors confidence that the current U.S. economic expansion is sustainable.

Barack Obama was arguably the most popular presidential candidate in recent memory. After he took office and rolled out Obamacare, however, he became one of the most vilified presidents. Spike Dolomite Ward was one of those who turned on Obama and slammed Obamacare.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was very concerned about the euro zone crisis and believed the European Union had the resources to solve it if leaders could find the political will.

Jon Huntsman, who continues to lag in national polls but has staked his campaign on a strong finish in New Hampshire, came out on Thursday with a seven-point plan to restore trust in Washington. He cast himself as the only Republican candidate capable of doing so.

Spike Dolomite Ward now loves Obamacare.

As expected, Senate Republicans on Thursday held up the confirmation of the nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because of concerns about the agency's structure.