Mitt Romney has gone on the offensive in the wake of a stinging loss to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, citing the ethics investigation that tarnished Gingrich's waning days in Congress and calling on Gingrich to release documents that could show he engaged in wrongful activity while working as a consultant.
A new poll shows a huge surge for Newt Gingrich in polls of Florida Republicans, underscoring the widespread discontent with Mitt Romney and the powerful momentum generated by Gingrich's upset victory in the South Carolina primary on Saturday.
Which countries buy the most Iranian oil and what does it mean for the international community's attempt to stop Iran's nuclear program?
Newt Gingrich has risen like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes to become a top-tier contender for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for U.S. president. But is he too old to serve in the most demanding, elected, public office in the world?
Electric vehicles got a regulatory boost Friday after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that Chevy Volts - and electric vehicles in general - did not pose additional fire safety risks.
On the 39th anniversary of landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, President Obama and Republican presidential candidates who hope to challenge him in November spoke for and against the controversial Supreme Court ruling Sunday and Monday.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was hospitalized with a stroke Saturday after checking himself into a hospital in Chicago, Ill. The Senator's Illinois office confirms that he had surgery this morning to relieve swelling from his brain. The surgery was successful and he should be on the path to recovery.
There is a 75 percent likelihood of at least a magnitude-7 quake striking the capital within the next four years.
The hacktavist group Anonymous is launching a Megaupload & Megavideo alternative
The TSA announced on Monday that Senator Rand Paul was not detained at any point at the Nashville Airport.
Lavrov also said he hopes that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear ambitions can re-start soon.
Accusing the Arab League of attempting to interfere in internal government affairs, Syria rejected a call for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, just as the European Union tightened sanctions on the country.
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh gave his farewell address on Monday, stepping down after 33 years in power in response to months of protests.
In the wake of the U.S. Government's shutdown of file-sharing website Megaupload, another site, FileSonic, has suspended their file-sharing services
Iran will definitely close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil-transport waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, if the embargos put into place by the European Union disrupt the export of crude oil
New Jersey governor and Mitt Romney supporter Chris Christie called Newt Gingrich an embarrassment to the Republican Party the morning after his South Carolina primary win.
The European Union approved an oil embargo against Iran in hopes that new economic pressures will convince the country to abandon its nuclear program.
Ron Paul's 2012 campaign just got an endorsement from Nassim Taleb. Sort of.
Activists submitted over one million signatures to force a recall of Gov. Scott Walker and a number of state legislators, setting the stage for another electoral fight between Wisconsin's Republican and Democratic parties.
The Republican presidential battle is set to be a fiery one, with the resurgent Newt Gingrich and on-the-defensive Mitt Romney locking horns on Jan. 31. Both front runners have just eight days left to impress the most unsettled Republican voters of recent times. In this context, the Florida debate on Monday night will see Romney and Gingrich at their dueling best. All the Republican frontrunners, by now, have learned that television debates are the key to the voters' mind.
Reports on forecasts for the global economy for 2012 are not very optimistic, with countries throughout the world expected to experience an economic slowdown.
Humbled by a stunning loss in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said on Sunday he would release this week the tax returns demanded by rivals as he bids to regain the upper hand in the volatile Republican presidential race.
Stephen Tebo, a real estate developer from Colorado, bought the hearse that carried the former President, along with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, from a Dallas hospital to the airport.
Pakistan's Taliban (TTP) has carried out an increasing number of assassinations, following the country's military crackdown on terrorist groups. The TTP is considered as one of the deadliest of inidigenous militant outfits and operate in Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan.
China welcomes the Year of the Dragon with fireworks and hopes that the mightiest sign in the Chinese zodiac will usher in the wealth and power that it represents. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has stated that the nation will face bigger challenges this year.
Humbled by a stunning loss in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said on Sunday he would release this week the tax returns demanded by rivals in his bid to regain the upper hand in the volatile Republican presidential race.
Swiss police will charge more than 100 demonstrators with breaching the peace after they rallied in Bern Saturday to protest against the World Economic Forum (WEF), which holds its annual meeting in Davos this week.
Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in Kano kill at least 178 people, a doctor claims as hospitals struggle to cope with carnage.
Iraq risks sliding back toward authoritarian rule with Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's security forces cracking down on protests, harassing opponents, and torturing detainees, a U.S.-based human-rights monitor said on Sunday.
Mustafa Mohammed Abdul Jalil, the chairman of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC), warned on Sunday the country could be heading toward a bottomless pit after protesters stormed a government office in Benghazi while he was inside.
