Americans don't think often about Guam, a strategically important U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands where the military rules the economy. But without the federal government and its money, the island will experience an economic crisis.
Crude oil futures declined on Tuesday amid concerns that Spain's banking bailout may not be enough to rescue the country from the financial crisis.
Commerce Secretary John Bryson is being investigated for his role in two car crashes - including a hit-and-run accident - near his Los Angeles-area home over the weekend that department officials linked to a seizure that left him unconscious behind the wheel.
Less than a week after the State Department put a $33 million bounty out for the capture of six high-ranking Somali rebels, al Shabaab has retaliated by offering its own reward for President Barack Obama.
A leading union and a Super PAC supporting President Obama launched a volley of Spanish-language advertisements charging that Mitt Romney's economic policies would hurt financially struggling Americans.
United Healthcare pledged to uphold some of the most popular sections of the law, including a provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents' plan until age 26, regardless of whether the Supreme Court overturns it
Mitt Romney has a chance of winning Wisconsin in November's presidential election, Gov. Scott Walker said on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday in the wake of his victory in the state's recall election last week.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday continued to urge Congress to pass legislation he said would add more jobs for teachers as Republicans and Democrats bickered over whether expanding the public sector would strengthen the economy.
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Gerald Molen is a celebrated Oscar-winning producer with films on his resume that include Schindler's List, the first two Jurassic Park films, Rain Man, Minority Report and Twister. Despite the critical acclaim he has garnered over the years, Molen was rebuffed from speaking at a Montana high school graduation because he is a right-wing conservative.
Nevada billionaire Sheldon Adelson helped shape the Republican presidential primary by pouring millions into a Super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich. Now he's poised to transfer his largesse to Mitt Romney.
Santorum has not disappeared, and neither has his sweater vests.
The Super Bowl Champion New York Giants are visiting the White House today.
As the New York Times continues to defend its coverage of President Barack Obama's terrorist kill list and the White House's cyber strategy against Iran, the president said it was offensive for people to assume or believe one of his aides leaked the top secret information to the press.
Florida election supervisors are refusing to go forward with a purge of non-citizen voters from the rolls, removing themselves from an escalating fight between the state and the Obama administration.
President Barack Obama spoke of financial troubles both at home and abroad in a press conference Friday, calling on Congress to reconsider his jobs legislation to boost the public sector amid headwinds from Europe.
Sebelius said the administration remains confident and optimistic that the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be upheld as constitutional -- but if the ruling proves unfavorable, she added that we'll be ready for court contingencies.
The Boy Scouts of America said on Thursday it has no plans to change its longstanding policy of not allowing gays and lesbians to openly serve in the organization. It's time to change this outdated rule
Rush Limbaugh reached new heights, or depths, of metaphoric understanding Tuesday, dubbing President Obama Barack Kardashian, to lambaste the President's celebrity status and red carpet friends. The White House's response was dismissive, as is usually the case when asked about Limbaugh.
Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage since 2006, when it increased from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, meeting in Beijing, offered statements of support for Teheran. That's bad news for American, and Western, influence in Central Asia
President Obama and Mitt Romney have both raised tens of millions of dollars, but they have taken different routes to get there.
