BARACK OBAMA

The U.S. senator from Kentucky says the president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are the obstacles to ending the government shutdown.

Talks about the free-trade deal between the EU and the U.S. were postponed due to the partial government shutdown.

In the likely event Bill de Blasio enters Gracie Mansion, it will end 20 years of mostly Republican administrations.

The defense secretary interpreted a law enacted last week to bring back civilian staff.

When “we can’t get our own act together,” it sends a negative message to the world, says U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Trust Act into law Saturday as rallies across the country call for immigration reform.

There is a logic to the Tea Party’s extremely conservative stance, but it’s also counter-productive and ultimately, untenable.

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized certain aspects of Iran President Hassan Rouhani's New York Visit.

U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, said he was angry at the Obama administration and the National Park Service, not at the ranger he berated.

The ongoing government shutdown has disrupted the normal data flow. Economists, along with the markets and the Fed, are flying blind when it comes to tracking the economy.

It would be nice if the president could mint a $1 trillion coin to resolve the debt crisis, but he can't.

Some people on Twitter just aren't taking the Speaker of the House seriously.

The speaker said all Republicans are demanding is a sit-down to work out differences with Democrats so that the government can reopen.

The 34-year-old Connecticut mother killed by Capitol police after she tried to ram the White House gates reportedly believed the government had her home under electronic surveillance.

The two countries will work together in a variety of sectors including defense, science, education, technology and finance.

A dozen nations, including the U.S., will try to iron out issues such as currency manipulation and protectionist measures at the APEC summit.

WPDS 6 picked up the conversation just as Senator McConnell was about to be interviewed on camera.

Amid a government shutdown, a primary challenger says his economic message can break through the gridlock -- and he has powerful backers.

With the federal government currently shutdown as Congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama standoff, gunshorts were reported heard outside of the Capitol around 2 p.m. ET. Chris Kluwe chimed in roughly 30 minutes later.

Hint: It's all about respect. Or something. Another GOP lawmaker mused he's assuming there's a plan here.

The president Thursday will make his case to the American people, starting with small businesses.