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Greater currency flexibility from China and other emerging economies will be reviewed by G20 leaders this week as they focus on the need for balanced global economic growth, a top U.S. Treasury official said on Monday.

Rick Perry's new Iowa TV ad focuses on his record

The Congressional super committee has been less transparent than Casper the Friendly Ghost, according to several good government organizations, who are staging Halloween rallies to call for more openness as the dozen-member group decides how to tighten the budget by at least another $1.2 trillion.

Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.

A White House official said President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Monday ordering the FDA to take steps to reduce vital medication shortages across the nation.

Sarah Palin ended seemingly insatiable speculation earlier this month when she announced she would not, in fact run for President. What's she been up to since then?

To augment his stature, Sarkozy has stood on boxes, foot-stools, even on his tippy-toes and reportedly even demanded to be photographed only among other short (or shorter) people

Herman Cain, the Republican presidential candidate, who has been leading the polls for quite a while now, was attacked by a bombshell of sexual harassment case reported by the Politico in which his two former female employees complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Cain in 1990s.

GOP primary candidates and Democratic presidential incumbent Barack Obama revealed their favorite movies this week. We've graded their picks based on originality and fit for their campaign, including quotes about why they chose certain films. Whose favorite movie is Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Which candidate picked the most obscure favorite movie, Beethoven biopic Immortal Beloved? Click here to find out!

It’s convenient to think that the economic and social problems in the United States that Occupy Wall Street has given voice to will go away by passing a flat tax, cutting taxes again on upper-income groups, or perhaps by just ignoring everything. But the economic and social problems are there, Occupy Wall Street or not.

In recent years, a growing number of companies have been encouraging workers to voluntarily improve their health to control escalating insurance costs.

It’s conventional wisdom that because the 2012 Republican nomination race is relatively close, it’s likely to stay a dogfight until the last primary has been held in June. Don’t believe it: Political-science research says the one who wins the New Hampshire primary in January and Super Tuesday on March 6 will be the nominee.

Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's regulator on Saturday rejected criticism he was obstructing a housing recovery by taking too narrow a view of his mission to protect the financial health of the two massive, taxpayer-supported mortgage firms.

A recent column in Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper described Sarkozy and Berlusconi as “pygmies.”

Attorney General Eric Holder will appear before the House Judiciary Committee regarding Fast and Furious, in a hearing that will take place Dec. 8.

The White House said Friday it would conduct an independent review of the U.S. Energy Department's loan portfolio following the collapse of Solyndra, the solar-panel maker that went bankrupt last month after receiving a hefty federal loan guarantee.

Of the different school reform measures advanced by the Obama administration, perhaps the most contentious is the push to develop rigorous methods for evaluating teachers.

President Barack Obama said at a fundraiser in California this week he has kept 60 percent of his 2008 campaign promises.

Claiming election fraud, nearly 100 Tunisians protested Tuesday outside the headquarters of the independent electoral body, saying the country's first-ever elections have been marred.

Mitt Romney seems to be cruising to a New Hampshire victory. Who could pull off an upset in the first-in-the-nation primary?

The student debt relief plan that President barack Obama announced on Wednesday was a nod to the Occupy Wall Street movement, some commentators are saying.