BARACK OBAMA

The House Budget chairman isn't impressed with the president's proposal, to say the least.

The State Department has previously cited studies by the environmental non-profit Carbon Tracker, which now says the department is understating the pipeline's impact.

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Russia's oil wealth has allowed the nation to amass a stake amounting to 1.4 percent of outstanding U.S. debt.

In an election year, it's all about messaging, and Obama has quite a few for Republicans in his proposed 2015 budget.

The Russian envoy to U.N., Vitaly Churkin, said Russia is allowed to have 25,000 troops in Crimea according to law.

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The Ukrainian army has been on "combat alert" and the Ukrainian ambassador to UN claims that there are 15,000 Russian troops in Crimea.

The latest breaking news regarding the developing situation in Crimea.

Ukrainian officials on Friday accused Russia of initiating an "armed conflict."

Georgia could set off another regional confrontation with Russia - and a former top U.S. diplomat warns it's time to act.

Obama, who launched the initiative to help young men and boys of color, said it "goes to the very heart of why I ran for president."

The 4,000-5,000 formerly confidential papers are part of a set of 33,000 pages set for release over the next two weeks.

The deal was refused by outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai who said it is for the new leader to decide on such an agreement.

The film was also said to be partly responsible for triggering an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Republicans want to hit Obama where it hurts: his use of executive power on Obamacare and immigration. But it's unclear whether he overstepped.

Some congressional Republicans oppose raising the minimum wage, but contrary to conventional wisdom, many small businesses favor it.

Obama recently declared that he will be using more executive action if Congress stalls his agenda.

Japan doesn’t want to lift trade barriers. U.S. liberals want Obama to stick to his past pledges on fast-track authority.

Privacy activists are warning of mass surveillance should Amazon Web Services go through with a cloud computing deal with the spy agency.

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met privately for the first time since 2012 to discuss immigration reform and other issues.