President Barack Obama is facing mounting resistance to a settlement from liberal supporters and a growing number of state attorneys general who say a deal would exonerate banks for their role in the subprime mortgage crisis.
New single-family home sales in the United States fell in August to a 6-month low in a sign the crippled housing market will not provide much support for the flagging economy anytime soon.
The 2012 GOP presidential candidate field has dominated much of the political discourse over the past six months, but one prominent, former Republican isn't that impressed -- in fact he's a little alarmed by selected positions: he being New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
President Barack Obama harshly criticized Republican opponents on Sunday as he began a West Coast fundraising tour, accusing them of ideological pushback at a time of national crisis.
President Barack Obama combined a pitch for his jobs plan with a fierce attack on his Republican rivals for president during a series of speeches on Sunday.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Christie has been inundated by a relentless stream of calls to run for the White House.
During an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation, Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said all of the GOP candidates for the 2012 presidential election are the same because they are controlled by the far-right platforms of the Tea Party
In Michigan, the state where Mitt Romney was born and raised and where his father, George, served as governor, the former Massachusetts governor won the Michigan Straw Poll 2011. Romney claimed an easy victory over Texas Governor Rick Perry.
So maybe Herman Cain is the secret weapon the Republican party had all along in the bid to take down Democrat Barack Obama. Republicans just didn't know they it.
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain hit back at Morgan Freeman for calling the Tea Party racist, saying the Oscar-winning actor's remarks were short-sighted.
Bringing a blow to Texas Governor Rick Perry's favorite status, former Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain has emerged as the winner of the Presidency 5 straw poll Saturday. Cain received 37 percent of the 2,657 votes cast.
Morgan Freeman has stirred controversy by calling the Tea Party racist, for having an anti-Obama agenda based on his skin color.
A new word is needed in the political lexicon to describe the phenomenon of Republican presidential candidates tripping over one another in their rush to the right: out-conservativing.
In 2008, Americans ushered in a new era when they voted the first black president into the White House. But if you ask Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, racism has only gotten worse, not better, once President Barack Obama took office in 2009.
As they warned they would, Solyndra executives repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment Friday as House lawmakers peppered them with questions regarding the solar company's financial collapse.
Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman has some very strong opinions about racism and the Tea Party. He told CNN on the Piers Morgan Tonight show that racism in America had taken a turn for the worse since Obama took office. He also said that the Tea Party's anti-Obama stance is racist, reports the Huffington Post.
U.S. agencies are looking into possible similarities between the Sept. 13 attacks on U.S. and NATO targets in Afghanistan, and the November 2008 attack by militants on civilian targets in Mumbai, India.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on September 22 to make a plea for Palestinian statehood.
Obama’s L.A. campaign office windows smashed.
Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata, a critic of Chinese investment, was sworn in as president on Friday after an upset poll victory that ushered in a smooth handover of power in Africa's biggest copper producer.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., said during Thursday's Republican presidential debate that President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times. But actually, every president since John F. Kennedy polled lower at least once.
President Barack Obama today announced how states can obtain waivers that would exempt their schools from a key provision of No Child Left Behind, a sweeping education law enacted under the George W. Bush administration.
