The Obama administration believes that one policy area ripe for bipartisan cooperation and accomplishment is the reauthorization, and improvement, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as No Child Left Behind.
He did not use the name, but in his State of the Union address last night President Obama made clear that he is keeping the DREAM Act alive.
Controversial, colorful politicians like Silvio Berlusconi are a dying breed.
Bill Draper speaks to IBTimes about his views on venture capital investments.
House speaker, John A. Boehner declined an invitation to attend tonight’s official state dinner at the White House in honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Cuba said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama's move to relax more U.S. travel restrictions to the island was a positive step but did little to soften the decades-old trade embargo.
Federal authorities are clueless about the mysterious circumstances in which the dead body of a former Pentagon political appointee in President George W. Bush's administration had landed up in a dumpster.
Sarah Palin will probably never become President of the U.S. because she does not have an Ivy League education.
The attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ, and the murder of six innocent bystanders, at a “meet and greet” with constituents on Jan. 8, was a shocking and tragic event nationwide. Unfortunately, trying to kill American politicians is neither unique nor new.
Stocks were little changed on Friday as investors treaded lightly after a mixed U.S. employment report that fell short of increased expectations of recovery in the labor market.
The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police can search cell phone text messages of an arrested person without any warrant, and asserted that those arrested have no privacy rights over any personal belongings on them when they are taken into custody.
The 2008 and 2009 bailout of the U.S. auto industry would not have taken place if Congress had been more specific in how then President George W. Bush could spend the money it gave him, a lawmaker tasked with government oversight said on Sunday.
U.S. private employers have recorded 11 consecutive months of job gains, yet the number of people who are so discouraged that they have given up searching for work stands at an all-time high.
U.S. private employers have recorded 11 consecutive months of job gains, yet the number of people who are so discouraged that they have given up searching for work stands at an all-time high.
At present respective growth rates, the average Chinese person will be wealthier than the average American in 27 years, according to Ed Lazear, a Stanford University economics professor.
Amazon.com released its Best of 2010 lists, which include the bestselling, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2010. The data includes period from Jan. 1, 2010, to Dec. 15, 2010.
In a 'reciprocal' act to Hugo Chavez's rejection of President Barack Obama's choice of ambassador to Caracas, US revoked the visa for Venezuela's ambassador in Washington.
A sum up of top events that shaped United States in past decade (2000-2010). Part 2 covers 2004 to 2008 on weapons of mass destruction, Iraq, Bush second term, Hurricane Katrina, Housing bubble burst, and Barack Obama as the first Black president.
9/11, George W Bush, Afghanistan, Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, Recession, Facebook, Unemployment, Barak Obama and You Tube - this almost sums up the whole of the first decade this millennium for the United States. We have put together a series of events that changed your and in fact our lives. Take a short walk... Deep down the memory lane...Try to remember where you were when hell broke loose, joy came knocking on your doorstep. Where were you when politicians lied, slapped taxes, or kept their pro...
Political and religious leaders dominate the list of men who are most admired in the U.S., according to a random phone survey of more than 1,000 U.S. residents.
Autism is growing at an alarming rate in the United States. Just 20 years ago, about one in 5,000 children were diagnosed with the disorder. The current rate, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is 1 in 110.
Nigeria's anti-corruption agency said on Friday it had dropped bribery charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and oil services company Halliburton after the company agreed to pay a fine.
