BARACK OBAMA

The senators voted to raise some taxes on the wealthy and to continue the tax cuts for others.

A Senate vote early Tuesday morning is possible; if it passes, the House would review the bill Tuesday afternoon.

IBTimes culled the most notable, or outrageous, Twitter moments of 2012. Congratulations, Rupert Murdoch.

The U.S. House announced that there will not be a budget vote Mon night, ensuring that the U.S. will go over the cliff for at least 1 day.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Monday, but trading volume is expected to be low.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was hospitalized in New York on Sunday after doctors discovered that a blood clot had formed, the State Department said.

U.S. Senate leaders were hammering out a last-minute deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" on Monday, but it's unclear if lawmakers will back it.

U.S. President Barack Obama says a tax-cut bill will be waiting in the wings should Washington fail to reach a fiscal-cliff agreement.

U.S. President Barack Obama appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday morning to discuss a wide range of issues facing the nation as the year draws to a close. His remarks touched on topics ranging from gun control and the fiscal cliff to the Benghazi consulate attack and congressional gridlock.

The U.S. Senate continued to work on a bipartisan budget bill Sunday, while Obama administration officials prepared a back-up bill.

With U.S. Senate leaders inching toward a budget deal to avert the cliff, one eye was fixed on the Senate, the other on the House.

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Asian markets rose in the week amid the hope that the policymakers in Japan and China would announce stimulus measures.

If Congress cannot reach a bipartisan deal to avert the fiscal cliff, then it should vote on a forthcoming Senate package, the president says.

The Senate passed an extension of the foreign intelligence law that permits tapping Americans' communications without authorization.

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The White House's easy-to-abuse "We the People" online petitioning system has turned a First Amendment right into a crowd-sourced circus.

President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders from both parties at the White House Friday afternoon in a bid to revive negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, with three days left before its deadline.

Sen. Harry Reid says the nation is headed for the cliff, but Sen. Mitch McConnell's actions may have the final say.

U.S. port operators and maritime shipping companies are bracing for a longshoremen's strike of facilities from Massachusetts to Texas.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sat down with Barbara Walters for an exclusive interview.