BARACK OBAMA

Americans For Tax Fairness is thanking the (very) conservative congressman for speaking out against the Republican leadership.

NATO announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to deploy patriot missiles as a defensive measure for Turkey.

The president says the Republican fiscal cliff offer is a nonstarter and that the GOP must acknowledge revenue increases are needed.

President Obama is reportedly considering Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to become the next U.S. ambassador to either the U.K. or France.

Less than a month after his defeat, the Republican nominee goes to work at a hotel -- but on the board of directors.

Report: the world pumped an estimated 35.6 billion tons of carbon air pollution in 2012; China and the U.S. lead in pollution.

The U.S. and its allies are reportedly contemplating limited raids to secure chemical weapons in Syria.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Tuesday as investors continue to worry that the looming fiscal cliff will have a marked impact on the economic recovery.

Crude oil prices declined in Asia Tuesday as the weak U.S. manufacturing data weighed on sentiment.

A top spokesman of Bashar al-Assad's regime has fled Syria, a diplomat in the region said Monday.

The GOP plan calls for spending cuts, health care savings, no tax hikes for the rich and revenues from closing loopholes. No go, said White House.

In a world full of woefully inadequate corkscrews and scissors, frustrated southpaws of the world may wonder: How did right-handedness become the norm?

Not for the first time, a faith-based organization has spoken out against some Republican governors' opposition to accepting the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.

More American's used food stamps to buy their Thanksgiving dinner than any time in our history, according to US News & World Report.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Monday ahead of the release of the Institute of Supply Management’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index.

Republican leaders say the fiscal cliff will not be averted if Democrats continue to propose unreasonable deficit-reduction plans.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the nation cannot afford to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

The ideological divide is huge: If the two sides don’t compromise on fiscal issues, major damage will be inflicted on the U.S. and global economies.

Almost one-half of all online users consider social-media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to be uncivil forms of communication.

Barack Obama attracted widespread support (and money) from celebrities, making him the toast of Hollywood.

Most of the Asian markets rose in the week as investor sentiment was lifted after the euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund reached a deal on financing the next tranche of the bailout package to Greece.