The Obama administration will tell Congress on Friday it plans to upgrade Taiwan's existing fleet of F-16 fighter jets, said sources involved in a deal likely to anger China while disappointing a Taiwan government that was seeking more advanced aircraft.
Reality TV star Tareq Salahi on Friday filed for divorce from his runaway wife Michaele, and accused her of having an affair with Journey guitarist Neal Schon.
Consumer sentiment in the United States rose in early September, but Americans remained very gloomy about the future with their expectations for the economy falling to the lowest level since 1980.
Under which scenario could former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin make it harder for the Republican Party to win the U.S. presidency in 2012?
Although many of the world’s democratic states have had females as presidents and/or prime ministers – surprisingly, many have not, including the most powerful democracy on Earth, the United States.
President Barack Obama Friday signed into law a the first major overhaul of U.S. patent law since 1952 -- one that officials say will speed the application and approval process for inventors -- a short-cut that could lead to more inventions coming to market sooner, creating more jobs.
It was supposed to be a purely offensive and tactical move on the part of President Barack Obama and his campaign, but it has turned into quite the mockery-inducing blunder.
That's what happened in Cairo. That's what happened in Madrid. You don't want those kinds of riots here.
Presidential candidate Rick Perry said Republican rival Mitt Romney would not provide a stark enough contrast with President Barack Obama in the 2012 election because of his record on health care policy.
Here's a look at which organizations/institutions employ the most people in the world. The list may surprise you.
Republican presidential debates and a rise in the number of natural disasters are influencing more Americans to believe that the world is warming, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said on Thursday. The percentage of Americans who believe in global warming rose to 83 percent in 2011, from last year's 75 percent, the poll conducted Sept. 8-12 found out.
Obama didn’t deny the account, but declined to tell Suskind what he told Geithner about this apparent breach of an executive order.
Ambition and folk art collide in director Jim Field Smith's comedy, Butter, which uses a state fair butter carving competition to satirize the divisiveness of American politics.
Palestinian leaders vowed to seek United Nations recognition for a state of their own, rebuffing entreaties from American diplomats who are scrambling to avert a potentially explosive situation.
Amid a time of seemingly endless partisan bickering between Democrats and Republicans in Washington, United States Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer has shown everyone inside the beltway the bipartisan way: Meyer has been awarded the Medal of Honor for risking his life in Afghanistan numerous times to save 36 comrades.
The world will not see the kind of coordinated response policymakers organized during the global financial crisis in 2009 but the United States and the European Union must work closely together to overcome the current economic challenges, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday.
Findings of the second major investigation by the government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly settle its outstanding legal headaches.
Findings of the second major investigation by the government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly settle its outstanding legal headaches.
European shares were set for a stronger open on Friday and the euro steadied as investors hoped for a big policy move from European finance ministers to combat the region's growing debt crisis.
Fifteen Democratic lawmakers asked the Obama administration on Thursday to approve AT&T Inc's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA.
Bipartisan support is growing to allow private companies to quickly tap thousands of small investors through a strategy called crowdfunding.
A day after the shocking revelations surfacing about 2012 presidential hopeful Sarah Palin's past, first reaction has finally come out from the Palin camp.
