BARACK OBAMA

It should come as no surprise that a sense of U.S. retreat and abandonment has proliferated abroad.

Speaker Boehner couldn't bring the votes for his original plan. Now he has to make nice with Democrats to pass the debt ceiling bill.

The debate to kill an American accused of plotting terrorist attacks against the U.S. has reportedly been on for six months.

Jay Leno stepped down from "The Tonight Show" for the second, and perhaps last, time on Thursday.

The speaker of the House says immigration reform must get done. But he also says it isn't happening this year.

A French photographer quoted in Le Figaro makes the claim and says the world will be talking about it soon.

The 2014 Winter Olympics come at a high cost, which was was on full display at Fisht Stadium.

He’s deluding himself partly because he lives in a D.C.-Delaware bubble.

As the Winter Games kick off in Sochi, political leaders are protesting Russia's human rights abuses.

The singer and "American Idol" runner-up is a congressional candidate now, which means he has to clean up his act on Twitter.

Did you know the United States accidentally (and briefly) breached the debt limit in 1979?

An unscripted comment from a Secretary of State symbolizes all that’s wrong with America’s foreign policy.

Two days away from the soft debt-limit deadline, you won't believe what the GOP is considering.

Poultry regulation may feature prominently in 2014 on advocates’ agendas, after two critical December reports made waves.

The Senate voted 68-32 to pass the bill, which is more than a year overdue after congressional negotiations were caught up on a various issues.

The reality-TV star is reportedly shooting an upcoming cover for Vogue, after Kanye West battled Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour for months.

President Obama will wait at least 90 days to announce his decision, one analyst says, but last summer he said he'd say no.

O'Reilly told Obama that many people believed his campaign team sought to downplay the cause of insurgent attacks in Benghazi.

The legal status of 11 million undocumented immigrants hangs in the balance as Democrats and Republicans try to find a common position on reform.

February marks the nation's annual celebration of black American history.

He's softening his stance on marijuana, but how does he plan to remedy the pot situation?