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Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, a 21-year-old man from Idaho, was arrested Wednesday after he was suspected for firing a shot from a semiautomatic rifle at the White House on Friday evening.

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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, 47 percent of Americans said they support repealing the law, versus 42 percent who favor upholding it.

No clear cut deal appears on the horizon, as the budget deficit super committee's Nov. 23 deadline draws near. The group of 12 lawmakers has, by some accounts, resorted to the old accounting tricks used to paint deceptively rosy pictures in past debates.

Given the increasing presence of women in high levels of politics around the world, I am wondering what the “standard protocol” for such greetings should be?

The Secret Service said Wednesday that a bullet had been found that struck a White House window from a shot authorities believe was fired five days ago, and they continue to seek a man wanted in connection with the incident. The bullet was stopped by ballistic glass.

Even before the Washington Police could track down Oscar Ramiro Ortega, the suspect in last week's firing in Northwest Washington, they are presented with one more security-related case. And this time the case is extremely high profile as it involves the White House.

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he was deeply concerned about the continued euro zone crisis, blaming it on a lack of political will, and that market turmoil would continue until Europe has a concrete plan to deal with its debt woes.

Newt Gingrich is the latest of the anti-Romneys: the constantly churning field of candidates who, for a few days or weeks, are trumpeted as the definitive conservative challenger to Mitt Romney before falling back into the abyss. But can he maintain his lead where others didn't?

The European Central Bank stepped in to stem an accelerating selloff of euro zone government bonds on Wednesday, traders said, after the United States called for more decisive action to halt the spreading sovereign debt crisis.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he was deeply concerned about the euro zone crisis and market turmoil would continue until Europe has a concrete plan to deal with its sovereign debt woes.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he was deeply concerned about the euro zone crisis and market turmoil would continue until Europe has a concrete plan to deal with its sovereign debt woes.

President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday unveiled plans for a deepening of the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific, starting with thousands of U.S. Marines operating out of a de facto military base in the Australian port of Darwin.

Foreign direct investment into China climbed nearly 16 percent in the first 10 months of 2011 from a year earlier as foreign investors continued to flock to the world's fastest-growing major economy despite the global economic malaise.

Foreign direct investment into China climbed nearly 16 percent in the first 10 months of 2011 from a year earlier as foreign investors continued to flock to the world's fastest-growing major economy despite the global economic malaise.

Herman Cain, the Republican Presidential runner, had another 'oops' moment. This time he was interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and was asked, “So you agreed with President Obama on Libya, or not?”

Jon Huntsman's father is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an ad campaign in New Hampshire in a last-ditch attempt to save his son's presidential campaign.

Support is growing for one of the more controversial aspects of the Affordable Care Act, which mandates that most Americans carry health insurance.

Think twice before throwing a plastic bottle in a trashcan, especially since Tuesday Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day.

Makana, a Hawaiian singer, performed to support the Occupy Movement at a dinner in Honolulu, which was hosted by President Barack Obama for Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit participants from 21 economies around the Asia-Pacific, including Obama family, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta quantified a super committee failure in real numbers on Monday: ground forces shrunk to 1940-levels; a naval fleet rivaling 1915's; and the smallest Air Force in history.