The shooting down of a U.S. helicopter, which led to the deaths of 30 American troops, 22 of which were party of the Navy SEALs commando unit, Team 6, stemmed from an elaborate trap by the Taliban, an Afghan official said Monday.
Millions of barrels of oil will be saved, administration says.
The Senate Banking Committee has begun looking into last week's decision by Standard & Poor's to downgrade the U.S. credit rating, a committee aide has confirmed.
James P. Zumwalt became the first American representative to attend the memorial service on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945.
America is on the fritz.
Officials at Dover Air Force Base are preparing to accept the remains of 30 American troops, including 22 Navy SEALs, who were killed Saturday when their helicopter was shot down by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan.
Civil rights groups are considering whether to sue the federal government after the Department of Homeland Security made participation mandatory in a controversial immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities.
What should a U.S. president say to stop stock markets from falling and reassure Americans that the country will be able to solve its debt and deficit problems?
The Internet punditocracy is busy dissecting a Newsweek cover photo of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann that, depending on where you stand, reveals the magazine's liberal bias or society's entrenched sexism, or both, or neither.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's, still under fire for downgrading the United States late last week, Monday restated the reasons for its decision while rival Moody's set itself apart, saying America still has the characteristics of a AAA-rated country.
Next week, Perry is scheduled to visit South Carolina, which just happens to be an important primary state and Haley?s home.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will bypass Congress in exempting some states from a central provision of the No Child Left Behind law in exchange for those states adopting some of the Obama administration's education reform priorities.
Call it downgradeageddon, the fear sending U.S. markets sharply lower.
The sell-off in the U.S. stock market is getting ugly.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security quietly reversed course Friday and decreed states could no longer opt out of a controversial immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities.
In a White House address Monday, President Barack Obama said Standard & Poor's credit downgrade of the United States represented a statement on the nation's political will. Underscoring that "the U.S. is still an AAA country," Obama again called on congressional officials to make the tough decisions necessary to balance the budget long-term.
The Dow lost four percent in trading mid-day Monday, while the Nasdaq and S&P lost five percent. President Barack Obama addressed downgrade Monday, but the markets dropped further after his comments.
President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a downgrade in the United States' credit rating on political gridlock in Washington and said he would offer some recommendations on how to reduce federal deficits.
A helicopter that crashed two days ago, killing 38 people in the worst single incident in 10 years of war in Afghanistan, was carrying elite troops sent to help comrades in a firefight when it was likely hit by a rocket fired by the Taliban, NATO forces said Monday.
A majority of states do not approve of President Barack Obama's performance and his national approval rating is hovering just below 50 percent, according to a new Gallup Poll.
Trump believes the whole thing is a ?publicity stunt? by S&P.
The U.S. downgrade drama heated up Monday, as stock markets domestically and abroad plunged. The end of the story hasn't been told, yet. But how it ends lies in the hand of the leading character -- U.S. President Barack Obama.
