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In an unexpected about-face on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the individual mandate fee under Obama's healthcare plan a tax, rather than a penalty.

Four Filipinos, two Salvadoran women and a Palauan born in the tiny island republic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean were among the young men and women who chose to serve a country that had not yet recognized them as citizens -- until this Fourth of July.

Fat cat Wall Street executives continue to donate to the Obama campaign, despite political conflicts between the financial industry and the White House.

On several of the foreign policy issues facing the United States, Romney has advocated a path that is closer to the Bush administration, which disdained diplomacy in favor of unilateral action. Here is a sampling.

The NEA is losing revenue and could lose hundreds of thousands of full-time teachers by 2014. Some believe this could affect its political influence.

Mitt Romney will not modify the immigration stance he took during the Republican presidential primary, the presumptive Republican nominee told supporters at a private meeting.

Despite efforts to hide his daughters from the media in the past, President Barack Obama has had a change of heart when it comes to using 11-year-old Sasha and 13-year-old Malia in campaign ads. The Obama girls have been making more public appearances while trailing their father in his bid for re-election, first in a Father's Day video and now an ad campaign in seven battleground states. But is the president looking to be liked?

The U.S. labor market has lost a step since spring and the trend of lackluster job growth will likely continue into June.

It?s not because the exchange rate is different.

The Republican benign-neglect approach to health care reform during the past decade was an unwitting contributor to the situation we find ourselves in today.

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Obama's expansive health care overhaul has increased public support for the law, which nonetheless remained largely unpopular.

Officials advise people without power to beware of downed power lines and drink plenty of water while also looking out for their neighbors.

It's not a tax. It's a penalty. President Barack Obama's administration and its allies in Congress carpet-bombed the morning news talk show Sunday with those seven words, holding the line in a PR counter-offensive the White House has been engaging on since Friday.

Now that we?ve passed through the first half of 2012, it?s time to reflect on some technology events and anticipate what might be ahead. Maybe we can make a few predictions.

Considered a front-runner as Mitt Romney's possible running mate, Bobby Jindal may have to put his vice presidential aspirations on hold because of a slip of the tongue. On Friday, the Republican governor of Louisiana misspoke and referred to the president's health-care plan as Obamneycare.

If you call them, they will come. That's what the U.S. government is betting on with its first-ever national tourism campaign from Brand USA.

The Institutional Revolutionary Party is poised to retake power on Sunday after a decade out of power, led by the charismatic presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto. Would a change mean a much different relationship with Mexico's big neighbor to the north?

China, which according to various estimates produces between 90 to 98 percent of the world's rare earth supplies, warned that a decline in its rare earth resources was accelerating.

Both liberals and conservatives can use the high court?s decision to energize the rank-and-file.

The Supreme Court has spoken, the president has spoken, and Congress has spoken. Now it is time for the American people to speak.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced this morning he'd raised over $4 million since yesterday morning and is riding the wave with a footage of Hillary Clinton attacking President Obama.