Viktor Bout, a Russian national known as the Merchant of Death for his far reaching arms deals across the world will learn how long he will be in prison on Thursday. His defense attorneys have asked the judge to set him free while United States prosecutor said he should be locked up for the rest of his life.
Michelle Obama will appear as a guest on The Colbert Report on Wednesday, April 11, following a number of talk show visits of late, including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Ellen and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four accused co-conspirators face possible imposition of the death penalty when they're tried by a U.S. military commission.
The BBC's Antiques Roadshow surprised its viewers on Tuesday by revealing an unseen photograph of Princess Diana posing with her barefoot sons.
People all across the globe can now take a 360-degree tour of the White House from the comfort of their own homes as the Google Art Project has collaborated with the historic house to create a virtual Google Maps-like tour of the place.
Romney was the clear winner of Tuesday's GOP primary races in Maryland and Washington, D.C., where he was overwhelmingly declared the winner only minutes after polls closed.
The U.S. department in charge of land-based federal oil and gas drilling is getting a face-lift for the digital era, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. That may speed up the granting of permits dramatically
A female Russian spy was close to seducing a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet in 2010, the FBI's assistant director for counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, told the BBC in a recent interview. But that spy wasn't flame-haired media darling Anna Chapman, a bureau spokesman told ABC News.
Martha Johnson quit as administrator of the agency that monitors conference spending by other federal entities, saying taxpayer dollars were squandered on a 2010 conference that totaled $822,751.
President Barack Obama took an opening shot at conservative justices on the Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a rejection of his sweeping healthcare law would be an act of judicial activism that Republicans say they abhor.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the U.S. authority issuing permits to drill for oil and gas, announced Monday it will be hosting a series of public meetings ahead of a new round of oil and natural gas development lease offerings in the Gulf of Mexico.
Michelle Obama has reportedly invited X-Factor's One Direction, to the annual White House Easter egg hunt after being charmed by the group at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, according to The Sun.
U.S. senators who voted this week to continue oil-and-gas company tax subsidies have received $1.48 million in campaign contributions from the O&G industry during the current two-year election cycle, while senators who voted to discontinue them have received only $400,075 in such donations.
U.S. President Barack Obama is moving ahead with sanctions against Iran's oil industry, in the hope that increased economic pressure will push Tehran into abandoning its nascent nuclear program.
A new account of Osama bin Laden's life on the run after the September 11, 2001 attacks reveals that the al Qaeda leader spent nine years moving through a series of safe-houses in Pakistan, not hiding in the mountains on the Pakistan-Afghan border as previously believed.
Chelsea Clinton sympathizes with women's issues advocate Sandra Fluke, saying she too had been attacked by conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh when she was a kid in the White House.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a bill that would have stripped the five largest oil companies of billions in tax breaks.
Georgetown law student and women issues advocate Sandra Fluke said she hopes that President Barack Obama's signature health care law is upheld in the Supreme Court because it is critical for women.
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday grilled attorneys about the federal government's power to pull Medicaid funds from states that refuse to accept new enrollees who will be eligible under the health care law.
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
Mitt Romney was surprisingly hilarious on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tuesday night.
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.