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The Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign is advertising on the popular Ron Paul website DailyPaul.com, indicating that the disparity between the candidates' financial positions is widening.

Bulgaria cites a lack of funding for not pursuing a planned nuclear power plant at Belene

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Wednesday it is getting ready to open parts of the Atlantic coast to surveys that could lead to drilling for oil and natural gas, but the biggest industry group is not satisfied

A finance executive at MF Global Holdings Ltd invoked her right against self-incrimination as lawmakers heard from officials who played critical roles in the final days of the futures brokerage, when a huge and still unexplained shortfall in customer money surfaced.

With all the talk about the Supreme Court case challenging President Barack Obama's health care legislation and the tough beating it took over the past few days, it's hard to sort through the policy and the politics.

Former Senator Arlen Specter, 84, used an X-rated reference to mock Romney for his lack of consistency. He's currently promoting his new book, Life Among the Cannibals, a memoir detailing his experiences as a politician on Capitol Hill.

Despite their political differences, varied economic clout and undefined association, the meeting between the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is set to highlight the group's growing independence

In light of a planned missile launch, U.S. defense officials announced the suspension of food aid to North Korea

Erdogan spoke optimistically about the resumption of nuclear negotiations.

On Wednesday, most of the justices seemed skeptical of the argument that the Affordable Care Act couldn't survive without its insurance-purchase mandate. Conservatives, however, leaned toward invalidating the entire law.

Congressman Bobby Rush spoke out Monday morning about the Trayvon Martin tribute incident that got him kicked off the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday morning, saying that a hoodie on the head does not mean a hoodlum in the head.

Wednesday's successful protests in defense of Balwant Singh Rajoana evince a longstanding tension between Sikhs and other religious groups in India.

Chinese official Wang Lijun reportedly tried to meet with British officials in the city of Chongqing before seeking asylum at the nearby U.S. embassy.

America's most dangerous cities struggle to overcome a deadly combination of social and economic woes

Answering critics who portrayed his audiotaped performance as bumbling, the administration called Donald Verrilli an extraordinarily talented advocate in whom it has every confidence to advocate for the health care overhaul.

Within three years, the combined GDP of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is forecast to exceed that of the United States. China is expected to become the world's No. 1 economy by 2027.

As the Obama administration goes into damage control over an unscripted exchange between President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Mitt Romney is seeking to turn the gaffe into a broader indictment of the president's foreign policy.

Following the recent military coup, the West African regional bloc suspended Mali from participation and threatens the use of force to restore the constitutional government.

David and Elaine McClain, ages 72 and 70, have been forced to abandon their Florida home after a message on Twitter claiming that George Zimmerman, the self-appointed neighborhood watch leader who shot and killed Trayvon Martin lived at their address (159 Edgewater Circle. Sanford, Florida) went viral. Since then the elderly couple have been harassed with angry and threatening letters, hassled incessantly by the media and been confronted by their own neighbors, their son Chip Humble said to the ...

The UILM, who are affiliated with the 2.2 million strong Italian Labor Union (UIL), said they were calling the strike to protest proposed changes to labor laws set to make it easier for firms to fire workers during hard business times.

British oil giant BP is expanding gas drilling in Ohio despite the continuing decline in gas prices.

A number of international powers rushed to warn Sudan that recent military clashes near the border with South Sudan are propelling the nations toward war yet again.

A major U.S. airline lobbying group on Tuesday ditched a private lawsuit challenging the European Union's recently-implemented carbon tax for airlines using the trading bloc's airports, calling on the Obama administration and Congress to take up the charge.

The comments come amid growing international skepticism towards a peace plan accepted by Syria and its last remaining Security Council allies Russia and China on Tuesday, after reports emerged of continued clashes between Assad's forces and opposition fighters.

Pope Benedict XVI ends his three-day trip to Cuba by delivering a mass and meeting with former leader of the communist island, Fidel Castro.

The insurance market listed the litany of disasters in its annual report, which included claims from flooding in Australia in January, the February earthquake in New Zealand, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March and the floods in Thailand.

After months of international tensions, long-stalled nuclear talks between Iran and foreign leaders will resume on April 13.

Even as Mitt Romney inches steadily towards securing the Republican presidential nomination, his standing in the eyes of American voters continues to slip.

An Urban Institute analysis finds that the health care overhaul would compel only a fraction of the U.S. population to either buy new insurance or pay a fine. Most people would keep their current insurance, become eligible for a public insurance plan or be immune to any penalty.