Joseph Orovic

A bipartisan and bicameral group of 45 Senators and 102 Representatives have banded together to encourage the budget deficit super committee to go big.

The eviction of the protesters from Zuccotti Park Monday night resembled a host body convulsively rejecting an unwanted implant. Occupy Wall Street lambasts, rightly, many social and economic ills. But is it native to its home base?

No clear cut deal appears on the horizon, as the budget deficit super committee's Nov. 23 deadline draws near. The group of 12 lawmakers has, by some accounts, resorted to the old accounting tricks used to paint deceptively rosy pictures in past debates.

The numerous crackdowns on Occupy Wall Street protests from coast to coast have many wondering if the moves by several U.S. cities were coordinated. A BBC interview with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has added to speculation that U.S. mayors worked together in organizing against the two-month old movement.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta quantified a super committee failure in real numbers on Monday: ground forces shrunk to 1940-levels; a naval fleet rivaling 1915's; and the smallest Air Force in history.

Telltale Games, a digital publisher responsible for cross-platform episodic series, has been prepping for the Nov. 15 release of Jurassic Park: The Game, but a complaint on Reddit has the online community crying foul and many promising to pass on the game.

The reverberations of the Eurozone Crisis may hit the United States' shores, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The group pegged the chance of a 2012 recession at over 50 percent.

President Barack Obama spent a weekend reiterating his belief the United States' economic future rests upon success across its westward ocean, engaging in the leaders of 21 nations in the Pacific Rim during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii.

According to various reports, members of Congress' super committee are mulling a broad outline of objectives for revenue increases, with the Senate Finance and House Appropriations committees to iron out how those goals will be met next year.

Good public speakers and future presidents, especially, are not prone to mental misfires. Right? Wrong. Such notions are misguided. And try as some late night talk show hosts might, the truth is Gov. Rick Perry's brain is no different from anyone else's when it comes to its ability to inconveniently forget. Oops.

After the announced drawdown of troops from the Middle East, the Eurozone crisis, and a G-20 summit that lacked spectacular developments, the Obama administration is hoping enhanced economic ties with the Pacific Rim will open a fruitful venue for enduring growth.

On the eve of the day meant to remember those who fought for the U.S., the Senate passed a portion of President Barack Obama's jobs plan, a mix of increased benefits and tax incentives to hire veteran enduring prolonged unemployment. The vote accompanied U.S. companies promising to provide 100,000 jobs for veterans.

Records of former President Richard Nixon's grand jury testimony about the Watergate scandal have been released by the National Archives and the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.

Democrats have brought a $2.3 trillion offer to the table, in the ongoing back and forth over how to the budget deficit super committee should lop $1.2 trillion off the federal deficit over the next decade. Republicans immediately rejected the proposal.

Is the U.S. job market on the mend? Initial jobless claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. dropped for the second week in a row, to 390,000 -- their lowest level in seven months, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

Republican presidential candidates often struck a professorial tone, forgoing several chances to attack their opponents during Wednesday night's GOP debate at Michigan's Oakland University. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney emerged the winner -- not by any merit of his own, but by exhibiting the fewest flaws in an otherwise very deficient field.

E-mails made public by the U.S. House of Representatives appear to show a major donor to President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and investor in Solyndra discussed federal loans to the solar company with officials, despite White House assertions to the contrary.

The Republican primary debate held in Michigan's Oakland University has the potential to start whittling down the field. Recent headlines lend importance to the event's economic focus. But ultimately, Republicans may decide the night's winner with a simple question: Who wants to undo President Barack Obama's work with the greatest fervor?

The Republican members of the Congressional budget deficit super committee offered a mixed bag of reduced deductions and tax cuts in an effort to jumpstart discussions to close at least a $1.2 trillion hole in the national deficit. But the plan was dismissed by Democrats as minimal in concessions.

Tax increases? Not really. But tax reform has reportedly been brought to the table during the ongoing discussions within the budget deficit super committee.

One must ask if a committee that was once deemed too clandestine has now become a political device open to bullying by Congressional leadership, and if the American people will be the ultimate losers in this increasingly sad show?

The nation's drivers got a brief reprieve at the pump this month, but a tank of gas promises to be costly again with Thanksgiving weekend on its way. Gas prices have fallen 5 cents a gallon overall in the last three weeks, to an average of $3.43

As the budget deficit super committee's deadline looms, lawmakers are giving mixed signals about the chances a $1.2 trillion deal can be ironed out by Nov. 23.

Fixing all the nation's structurally deficient bridges bears a $70.9 billion price tag, according to FHWA estimates. But in a political and economic era where consensus and money are in short order, the odds of a wholesale fix are slim to none. Lawmakers have until the current spending program runs out in March to find a fiscal solution.

The U.S. Labor Department announced 80,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October. The consensus among economic experts? We're not out of the woods yet.

A letter circulated Thursday by U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., to members of the budget deficit super committee warned against the use of increased tax revenues to meet the goal of closing at least a $1.2 trillion gap in the budget deficit over the next decade.

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday announced the immediate elimination of 9,000 civilian jobs in an effort to reduce expenses, as part of a broader push to lower defense spending.

The Obama administration's ongoing headache over Solyndra promises to continue, as a House panel voted to subpoena documents related to the company Thursday, according to Politico. Meanwhile, details emerged that the White House considered bailing out the defunct solar company days before it declared bankruptcy.

Forbes released its list of the 70 most powerful people in the world, with the leaders of the U.S., Russia and China topping the list.