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More than 150 economists back House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's call to match any increase in the debt limit with spending cuts of equal size, according to a letter released by the Republican leader's office on Wednesday.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday defeated a bill to raise the debt limit in a vote staged by Republicans to strengthen their push for deep spending cuts in negotiations with the White House.

Southern political operatives are warily eyeing President Obama's fundraising clout and shifting demographics as a national election approaches

While President Barack Obama honored fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, a showdown took place between two unlikely groups: the Ku Klux Klan and the Westboro Baptist Church protestors.

It doesn't matter that it's a race to the top, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) doesn't consider Sarah Palin a competitor.

U.S. President Barack Obama hopped across the Potomac River to pay tribute to America’s fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Monday. Each year, more than 4 million people visit the cemetery which averages 28 funerals a day. Here's a look at this solemn place and its awing symmetry.

The United States as a free people and free society remain thanks to the 'dear cost' of soldiers who have given their lives, President Barack Obama said on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery at a Memorial Day Service.

If he was to hand out grades, and he is, Mitt Romney gives President Barack Obama an 'F' for the last two years of his presidency.

The number of missing people from a devastating tornado that hit Joplin, a city of 50,000 in southwestern Missouri, on May 22 reduced to 29, while Missouri officials continued the process of identifying the remains of bodies recovered.

Army general Martin Dempsey, a warrior-scholar who commanded troops in the Iraq war, was nominated as the top U.S. military officer by President Barack Obama on Monday.

Americans across the nation on Monday remembered the sacrifices of soldiers who died for their country.

If you ask Arizona Senator John McCain, Sarah Palin can absolutely beat Obama in the 2012 presidential race. “Of course she can. Now, whether she will, whether she’ll even run or not, I don’t know,” McCain said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said on Sunday that he wants lower oil prices so that Western countries don't have the incentive to find alternatives.

President Barack Obama joined Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in Joplin at a memorial service for the community to comfort the people of Joplin, saying the efforts of people who gave their lives to save others in the midst of the devastating tornado showed the world what it means to love thy neighbor.

President Barack Obama visited Joplin, Missouri on Sunday after returning from a six day diplomatic tour of Europe.

Sarah Palin kicked off her 'One Nation' tour in Washington D.C. on Sunday, riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to honor U.S. veterans, marking the start of a short tour that will take her to New England as speculation mounts about her willingness to mount a presidential run.

Tribal rivalries in Yemen are complicating efforts to reach a power transfer deal, senior U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday. United States believes that al Qaeda is trying to develop instability in Yemen.

According to Joplin, Missouri city spokeswoman Lynn Onstot the death toll from last Sunday's massive tornado has risen to 139.

A service member of NATO was killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a local media reported.

Marking the first stop in his two-day visit to Poland, United States President Barack Obama visited the memorials where tens of thousands of Jews were killed in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War.

Palestinians are not seeking to isolate Israel, but will pursue the unilateral demand for UN recognition of statehood, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday.