It used to be the third rail of politics: untouchable. A politician could hardly suggest reforming Social Security without triggering a tremendous popular backlash. But now, the idea of eliminating Social Security altogether has entered mainstream discourse.
If the pardon board shows no mercy to his plea for polygraph test on Wednesday, Troy Davis will be executed on Wednesday for a murder that he claims he did not commit.
After waiting for days to get one signature needed for the release of two U.S. hikers in Iran, lawyer Masoud Shafiei said he has finally succeeded in his mission on Wednesday.
Iran is expected to free two American men convicted of espionage on bail Wednesday and turn them over to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, their lawyer told Reuters.
Libya will likely name a new government within 10 days, interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said, raising hopes of political progress in the fractured country weeks after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
Director general of the Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel has stepped down on Tuesday after serving the network for eight years, the channel announced.
President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday to urge him to drop plans to ask the U.N. Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state despite U.S. and Israeli objections.
Republican lawmakers are stepping up their investigation into alternative energy loan programs in the wake of the collapse of the Solyndra solar company, the first company to receive such government funding.
About 2.8 million jobs, both in manufacturing and high-tech fields, have been lost as a result of the growing U.S. trade deficit with China since Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, said an EPI study, which was denounced immediately by the US-China Joint Business Council.
Electro-mechanical projects firm Voltas Ltd is in advanced talks to buy the water purification and treatment business of India's No.3 software services exporter, Wipro Ltd, The Times of India said, citing unnamed sources close to the development.
Future Group, which owns the Pantaloon Retail chain, is in talks with Japan's convenience store chain Lawson Inc to sell a 49 percent stake in its foods sourcing and manufacturing operations, the Economic Times reported.
Greece pledged to bring forward painful austerity measures on Tuesday, convincing international lenders to return to Athens early next week for talks that it hopes will secure the aid it needs to avert bankruptcy.
Ron Suskind book receiving accusations of fabrication.
Strong policies are urgently needed to increase economic growth and reduce the risk of a double-dip recession in the developed world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its revised World Economic Outlook. The IMF also decreased its 2011 global GDP growth forecast to 4 percent, down 0.3 percentage points from the June 2011 forecast.
Republican Rep. Phil Roe, who was a practicing obstetrician before his election to Congress, saved a man's life on Tuesday morning during a pit stop at a North Carolina airport.
Europe will come under heavy pressure this week to stem its deepening debt crisis but talks among the self-proclaimed guardians of global finance are unlikely to yield bold action.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has a new target: Food regulations.
Rick Perry still holds a sizable lead over Mitt Romney among Republican primary voters, but Romney does better among the general electorate, according to the latest Gallup poll. Ron Paul came in third, and Michele Bachmann fell into single digits.
Two top executives at Solyndra Inc., a recently bankrupt solar energy firm, will reportedly invoke their 5th Amendment rights and not answer questions during a hearing before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday.
The Clinton-era don't ask, don't tell military policy, under which service members were forbidden to come out as gay, was officially repealed on Tuesday. Here's what politicians and military officials are saying.
Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement have sworn to remain in Lower Manhattan's financial district until they see change, but on Tuesday afternoon they grappled with the possibility that they would not be allowed to stay in the small park that has served as a base camp.
Facing a recession-weary public and approval ratings hovering in the 40's, President Obama and his team has been successful at one task: Fundraising.
One thing is certain: when she opens the hearing in Washington on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle will face a courtroom filled with richly compensated communications lawyers, especially those paid by AT&T and T-Mobile.
The stock price has been languishing for more than two years -- shares have lost almost half their value year-to-date.
The U.S.-based Standard and Poor credit ratings agency upgraded Turkey's local-currency sovereign credit rating to investment grade for the first time in history, highlighting the country’s relatively strong financial condition compared to its neighbors in Europe.
Mexican congressman Moises Villanueva de la Cruz was found murdered on Saturday, his body discovered lying on a highway in the coastal state of Guerrero.
The African Union officially recognized the National Transitional Council as the legitimate government of Libya. South African President Jacob Zuma made the announcement on Tuesday.
New York appeals court has lifted a ban on the $18bn judgment against the oil giant, Chevron for environment damage in Ecuador.
The relationship between President Obama and Warren Buffett has grown as the president is calling on wealthy Americans to pay more in taxes to solve deficit problems.
Fox News host Greta Van Susteren engaged in a war of words with Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson on her show on Monday over Carlson's decision to publish Mike Tyson's controversial comments about Sarah Palin.
