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The New York senator says the Tea Party has been planning the shutdown for about a year, with Boehner's approval.

China's burgeoning movie market is the reason the country won't likely be portrayed as the enemy by Hollywood any time soon.

As the Supreme Court's fall term kicks off, unions could face serious setbacks to their ability to organize and collect dues.

Randy Neugebauer's behavior is proof of what happens when you’re elected from a very safe district for a very long time.

A vote in Wyoming has three times more influence than a vote in California.

The speaker of the house says he doesn't want a default, but adds that things are headed that way.

Malala Yousafzai, 16, is likely to become the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize later this week.

The latest casualty in the shutdown is the website for the child-abduction alert system, but the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children still has a list of current Amber Alerts.

Greece also plans to return to bond markets in the second half of 2014.

Of course, depriving Assad of chemical weapons won’t stop him from killing his citizens with bombs, bullets or rockets.

The Libyan militant was indicted in the U.S. in 2000 over the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

Investors are becoming increasing concerned that the US government will default on its debt, due to DC gridlock.

The move is expected to attract more tourists and their dollars, and help the country's ailing domestic currency and deficit situation.

The bank cited slow growth in China, falling investments, and risks and uncertainties associated with U.S. monetary policy for its decision.

Violence erupted when security forces tried to stop Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi from holding protests on Sunday.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, insists his filibuster to kill the Affordable Care Act did not “remotely” hurt the Republican Party.

The U.S. senator from Kentucky says the president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are the obstacles to ending the government shutdown.

Experts started destroying the regime’s chemical-weapons arsenal Sunday, witnesses say.

U.S. special forces in Tripoli seized an accused mastermind of 1998 bombings.

Talks about the free-trade deal between the EU and the U.S. were postponed due to the partial government shutdown.

In the likely event Bill de Blasio enters Gracie Mansion, it will end 20 years of mostly Republican administrations.

The defense secretary interpreted a law enacted last week to bring back civilian staff.

When “we can’t get our own act together,” it sends a negative message to the world, says U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Trust Act into law Saturday as rallies across the country call for immigration reform.

U.S. Navy SEALs raided a seaside villa in Somalia in retaliation for the Kenya attack.

Conservative radio host Michael Savage went on a rant on his show yesterday, condemning D.C. police for killing Miriam Carey during the Capitol shooting.

The sisters of the Connecticut mom shot and killed after leading police on a car chase near the U.S. capitol are raising questions about the authorities' use of deadly force.

There is a logic to the Tea Party’s extremely conservative stance, but it’s also counter-productive and ultimately, untenable.

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized certain aspects of Iran President Hassan Rouhani's New York Visit.