BARACK OBAMA

The president's directive on cyber security recalls JFK's call for a man on the moon. Will private companies get the same turbocharge?

The former Heisman winner has not been shy about his Christian faith.

Is Malia Obama dating? Political observers are parsing President Obama’s words.

The Dow has vectored toward 14,000, but investors in U.S. stocks would be wise to keep one eye on Washington and one on the price of oil.

Gun homicides increased sharply after one state repealed its "permit-to-purchase" law in 2007.

Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense was delayed Thursday afternoon as Senate Democrats fell one vote short of breaking an unprecedented Republican filibuster.

An Inspector General report found that LG Chem Michigan Inc. got $150 million in a green energy grant and has very little to show for it.

Robert Kennedy Jr., actress Daryl Hannah, Connor Kennedy and dozens of other activists attached themselves to the White House gates in the latest attention-getting protest against the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has not realized the inevitability of his ouster.

In 1974 the federal minimum wage was $2 an hour ($9.31 in 2012 dollars), higher than the current rate.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., filed Wednesday for cloture on the nomination of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, saying it was the first time in history that such a nomination faced a filibuster.

The manhunt for Christopher Dorner came to what many believe was an end on Tuesday after an afternoon shootout led to the former cop barricaded himself in a cabin. The cabin was soon on fire and police did report there was a body but many conspiracy theorists, using #TeamDorner believe he may still be alive.

Watch live stream footage of President Obama answering questions about his State of the Union Address in "Fireside Hangout."

Cylance, a 7-month-old Internet security startup founded by a former McAfee executive, raised an initial $15 million in venture capital.

The Republican argument is that a mandatory wage increase will hurt the economy but the record tells a different story.

Obama's new executive order about cybersecurity is said to have greater privacy protections, and the measures are largely voluntary.

The Southern California ex-policeman killer wanted to ban, well, guns -- and found strong, if not exactly sane, words to say it.

China's response to the State of the Union address? "We need to stick together," an official newspaper reported.

The technology sector welcomed Obama's initiatives on cybersecurity, but there was one notable omission: offshore cash.

The gun lobby offered "internal memos" to prove the administration's gun violence reduction effort will violate the right to bear arms.

Poland Spring said it planned to post a response to Marco Rubio's awkward sipping incident on Tuesday night during his rebuttal to the State of the Union address.