CONGRESS

The date of the speech to Congress has been revealed as House Speaker John Boehner sent the president a formal invitation.

The outgoing secretary of state is expected to face Congressional panels on Jan. 22 regarding, again, the consulate attacks.

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John Boehner experienced a series of embarrassments arising in large part from the intransigence of many in his party's far-right factions.

A Senate vote early Tuesday morning is possible; if it passes, the House would review the bill Tuesday afternoon.

President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders from both parties at the White House Friday afternoon in a bid to revive negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, with three days left before its deadline.

Bolstering his prime ministerial ambitions in the parliamentary elections to be held in India in 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi won a record third successive term in the state elections Thursday.

Women in the U.S. armed forces aren't covered by their insurance if they request an abortion after rape or incest. Powell is spearheading an effort to change that.

President Obama is expected to announce his secretaries of state and defense nominees in the next 2 weeks. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel is on the short list for DOD head.

India’s election authorities have sought an explanation from the government over its proposal for a nationwide scheme to transfer cash directly to the underprivileged people, replacing the government subsidies on food, fuel and fertilizers.

The ideological divide is huge: If the two sides don’t compromise on fiscal issues, major damage will be inflicted on the U.S. and global economies.

Vice President Joe Biden shopped with District residents Thursday.

If the U.S. switched from paper bills to $1 coins, it could save the government a lot of money.

India’s ruling Congress party Tuesday proposed a nationwide scheme to transfer cash directly to the underprivileged, replacing the government subsidies on food, fuel and fertilizers.

Former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, 89, was hospitalized Tuesday at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Tuesday.

Former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole is not dead, despite rumors to the contrary that emerged on the Internet Tuesday evening.

The most feasible budget deal is one that spreads tax increases and spending cuts out over a longer time period.

Following the close of the 18th Party Congress in China, self-immolation by Tibetans was expected to stop. Instead, reports from monastery towns still describe people burning themselves in protest.

News that India executed Ajmal Kasab, the surviving gunman behind the Mumbai terror attacks, came as a shock due to the surreptitious nature of his hanging.

Sans the hysteria, the U.S. budget situation is like a living room getting cooler, not a "fiscal cliff."