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Pakistan's powerful military pledged Friday to continue supporting democracy, reiterating it was not planning a takeover as tensions grew over a controversial memo alleging an army plot to seize power.

Pakistan's powerful military and civilian leaders are headed for a showdown over a memo that accused the country's generals of plotting a coup, newspaper editorials predicted Friday.

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday caved in to a growing chorus of criticism from both within and outside his Republican party and agreed to a short-term deal to extend a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans.

Will Citizens United doom New York City's tough campaign finance laws at the U.S. Supreme Court?

Medvedev’s reforms would likely not satisfy Putin’s opponents and protesters.

While his opponents are blanketing Iowa and New Hampshire with last-minute appeals for support, Newt Gingrich is stuck in Virginia, trying to get enough signatures to get his name on the ballot for a primary that doesn't take place until March 6.

The bill proposes a 45,000 euro fine and jail sentence of up to one year for those who violate the law.

There are only ten days left for Iowa - the first GOP caucus state to go to polls - and there are still no signs of a clear Republican frontrunner. Furthermore, given an erratic approval graph, the best chance for President Obama and his hopes of a re-election will have to be a weak Republican candidate. Keeping that in mind, the Democrats and Obama will be happy to face former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich rather than the former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney.

Commenting on the shocking photograph of a woman, stripped by soldiers, during the clashes between Egypt's armed forces and anti-military protesters, Egyptian Sheikh Khaled el-Gendy said that the woman was responsible for whatever happened, by being in the protest in the first place.

Rick Santorum has been a sideshow for most of the Republican presidential campaign. Now, two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, he has nabbed endorsements from two evangelical leaders, Bob Vander Plaats and Chuck Hurley. But is it too little, too late?

Since September, members of the U.S. House and Senate have introduced five different amendments to the U.S. Constitution that would overturn key parts of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee.

Barack Obama won an upset victory in Virginia in 2008, and many people believe he has no chance to win it again in 2012 with his approval ratings so low. But a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that Obama's position is stronger than one might think.

President Barack Obama demanded Tuesday that House Republicans pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 million Americans.

After being overwhelmed by a Republican fight that has lasted most of 2011, 70 percent of respondents told Gallup they are looking forward to the end of the 2012 race.

Congo has witnessed bloodshed over the disputed election.

Even as the controversy surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) continues, the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers were put in an awkward situation when they were forced to vote for protecting online pornographic material, in order to prevent a legal loophole in the anti-piracy act.

Ron Paul's has emerged as the new GOP frontrunner in Iowa with a not-Mitt tag. But political pundits and voters should pay greater heed to his sudden rise. The anyone but Romney title downplays Paul's emergence, writing him off as just the latest in a string of candidates-du-jour. But Ron Paul is more than a fling.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is attempting to gain traction among Iowa GOP primary voters with plan to rein in dictatorial federal courts.

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that a hotly disputed change in federal labor law making it easier for unions to organize is lawful.

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an investor in some of the world's top companies, has bought a stake in Twitter for $300 million, gaining another foothold in the global media industry.

Graphic images of the clashes between Egypt's armed forces and the anti-military protesters continued to shock the world on Sunday, the third consecutive day of ongoing fight, which have left ten protestors dead and 505 others injured; 81 of whom admitted to hospital. Total of 106 security troop members including three high ranking officials were also injured as demonstrators hurled stones and crude bombs at the armed forces, Egyptian officials said.