New York City's event planners are gearing up for a surge in business after the Empire State embraced same-sex marriage and hundreds of couples rush to tie the knot.
The United States is poised to step back from the brink of economic disaster on Tuesday when a bitterly fought deal to cut the budget deficit is expected to clear its final hurdles.
The next battle already looms on the legislative horizon: it's the battle over the 2001/2003 Bush tax cuts.
The White House has one important tool in its arsenal to influence congressional talks over further deficit reduction measures in the coming months: the expiry of Bush-era tax cuts at the end of 2012.
Acclaimed climate change scientist Charles Monnett has been suspended over "integrity issues" in regards to a 2006 paper on polar bear drownings in the Arctic.
Even though the congressional leaders had all the time in the world to strike a deal on the issue of debt-ceiling raise, they seem to be shamelessly waiting for an 11th hour drama. Technically speaking, Aug. 2 is the end of grace period for extraordinary measures and the U.S. borrowing limit, currently at $14.29 trillion, was reached on May 16 this year. Instead of getting things done Democrats and the Republicans seem to get a kick out of the 'blamestorming game'.
When President George W. Bush learned that two planes had barreled into the World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001, he was sitting in front of a group of children reading aloud. So as to not cause alarm, he remained calm and stoic. And for it, he received much flak.
After initially declining President Barack Obama's May offer to accompany him at memorial services at Ground Zero, former President George W. Bush has changed his mind, saying he will stand side-by side with the commander-in-chief to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Charles Monnett, a leading climate scientist whose research helped galvanize the global warming movement, has been suspended pending an investigation into his 2006 paper on polar bear drownings.
Former President George W. Bush says his apparent lack of reaction to the first news of the September 11 2001 attacks was a conscious decision to project an aura of calm in a crisis.
George W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, in a new interview has revealed how he was told about the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
U.S. visa restrictions on Russian officials linked to the death of hedge fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky could become a "serious irritant" in bilateral relations and provoke a response from Moscow, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
A judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to freeze federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, backing the Obama administration's push to ease restrictions on the controversial research technique.
Persistent economic woes are eroding President Barack Obama's support in his base of liberal and African-American voters, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll.
President Barack Obama's Monday night address to the nation voiced the gravity of situation and the urgency to reach a "fair compromise" on the ongoing debt talk. "Defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsible outcome to this debate. ... We would risk sparking a deep economic crisis - one caused almost entirely by Washington," Obama said.
U.S. airlines are fighting the prospect of sharply higher passenger security fees that could be part of any deficit-reduction plan.
His campaign is taking time to take off and seeing some personnel shake-ups
Prospects of Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 fade as the former Alaska governor continues to slip on Republican ratings, even as former George W. Bush aide Ari Fleischer articulated the sentiment.
Essentially, Christians fear that the film-makers are presenting witchcraft in an appealing and attractive manner to impressionable young minds, without showing its inherent dangers.
Essentially, Christians fear that the film-makers are presenting witchcraft in an appealing and attractive manner to impressionable young minds, without showing its inherent dangers.
What do you know about Hugh Hefner, the founder and publisher of Playboy magazine? Or rather, what you don't know about the Playboy kingpin? Adding to the list of rumors about him, news of his death spread across social media on Monday, which was later downplayed by the magazine mogul via his Twitter account.
American voters believe former President George W. Bush is primarily responsible, not President Barack Obama, for the U.S. economy's poor condition, a poll released Thursday indicated. What's more, 48 percent of those polled said they would blame the Republicans if the debt ceiling is not raised, while 34 percent would blame the Democrats.
