John Lennon would have turned 71 years old today. A look back at some of his most memorable, controversial and beautiful moments.
California Governor Jerry Brown announced Saturday that he has signed the second half of California's Dream Act legislative package, which will begin in 2013. But what is the Dream Act, and what impact will it have on California taxpayers?
U.S. Department of Justice has asked an appeals court to expedite its bid for an injunction against Alabama's immigration law.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is hoping the Senate can vote Tuesday on the 5 percent income tax surcharge on adults with incomes over $1 million per year, but Senate Republicans are promising a strong effort to block the vote via filibuster.
Nineteen people were killed in Cairo on Sunday when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police, medical and security sources said, in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil.
Thousands of protesting Christians clashed with with the Egyptian military in Cairo Sunday, resulting in at least 19 deaths, officials said. The fierce, bloody battle left many in shock as the Christian protesters said their demonstration began peacefully -- and they wanted it to remain that way.
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is afraid that the growing number of Occupy Wall Street protesters and the mounting media coverage of the movement may shape national policy as Vietnam protests did some 50 years ago.
The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., was closed Saturday after anti-war demonstrators descended on the building to protest a drone exhibit and security guards used pepper spray to repel them, sickening a number of protesters.
The more I read about Herman Cain, the more I like about Herman Cain.
Poles are voting in a parliamentary election Sunday, likely to give the ruling center-right Civic Platform four more years in power to press on with gradual economic reforms and closer ties with the EU.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed the second half of the two-part California Dream Act, which makes illegal immigrant students eligible for state-funded scholarships and aid at state universities.
What started as a protest to occupy Wall Street seems to have turned into a protest that wants to occupy more New York locations.
Herman Cain got a lot of attention when a poll from Zogby showed him with a 20-percentage-point lead over his closest Republican presidential rival last week. But Americans don't know much about him or the rest of the GOP field.
France and Belgium are set to finalize the breakup Sunday of Dexia, the first bank to fall victim to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, with global credit risk exposure of 512 billion euros ($691 billion).
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will thrash out differences with French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sunday over how to use the Eurozone's financial firepower to counter a sovereign debt crisis threatening the global economy.
California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students access to state-funded financial aid, the second half of two-part legislation known as the Dream Act.
Anyone who says they can predict the impact of Occupy Wall Street on the political climate and public policy is being disingenuous. But one thing is known: modern U.S. history shows, if Occupy Wall Street is to succeed it, the movement most likely will have to merge its interests with the Democratic Party.
The U.S. jobs report for September showed the economy added 103,000 jobs, which exceeded economists’ expectations of 60,000 jobs and August’s revised gain of 57,000 jobs.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on late Friday finally repudiated the remarks of an allied Dallas clergyman who disparaged the Mormon faith of Perry's presidential rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
As the "Occupy Wall Street" protest becomes a movement, joined in the past two weeks by union workers and environmentalists and acknowledged publicly in legitimacy by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, we have to ask the question: How big can the Occupy Wall Street movement grow?
President Barack Obama launched an onslaught against banks and Republicans this for working to block financial reform, using a populist tone amid public anger over Wall Street practices.
The U.S. Government's unmanned Predator and Reaper drones, which reacked havoc on terrorist organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have apparently been hit by a computer virus. According to reports, the virus infected software at the drones' command center at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.
Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, one of the last bastions of support for the fugitive leader, came under heavy shelling by revolutionary fighters Saturday.
A top U.S. Treasury Department official cautioned counterparts at the Energy Department that their plan to help a failing solar-power company, Solyndra LLC, by restructuring its $535 million federal loan could violate the law and should be cleared with the Justice Department.
Friday marked the 10th anniversary of the United States' war against terrorism in Afghanistan. During the past decade, U.S. and NATO armed forces overthrew the Taliban. But the price they have paid has been very high.
On the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, the United States is perhaps fighting a different type of terrorism now than it did then.
(Reuters) - Maruti Suzuki, India's top carmaker, has halted production at its Manesar plant as a workers' strike resurfaced, a spokesman said on Friday, dealing a further blow to production in the midst of the festive season.
An Obama administration appointee at the U.S. Energy Department pressed White House analysts to sign off on a $535 million loan guarantee for Solyndra LLC even though his wife worked for the failed solar-panel maker's law firm.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on late Friday finally repudiated the remarks of an allied Dallas clergyman who disparaged the Mormon faith of Perry's presidential rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
A top member of Cameroon's electoral body Elecam was sacked for gross negligence and violation of oath of office days ahead of a presidential poll in the Central African country, state radio said on Friday.
