The gag rule, which bans funding for non-profits that provide information about abortion services, has had a shaky history since it was enacted by the Reagan administration in 1984.
The definition of marriage has been debated in the halls of Congress and state Legislatures, in the voting booth and on the Internet. Now one man in favor of same-sex marriage is taking his argument to the dictionary, attempting to get dictionary.com to change its definition of marriage in a petition that has been signed by more than 27,000 supporters.
Maryland voters are set to affirm the state's same-sex marriage law, due in part to a surge of support among black voters, according to Public Policy Polling.
The Obama Administration is considered a secure way to send weapons to rebels fighting President Assad in Syria.
As Bob Dylan's birthday falls on Thursday, May 24, the American singer-songwriter has officially turned 71.
Mitt Romney continues to trail far behind President Obama among Latino voters, imperiling his prospects in a handful of swing states.
Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, rose $1.03 to close at $33.03 on Thursday. A week ago, they were priced at $38 for the IPO.
The number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits fell slightly last week to 370,000, but remained above levels posted earlier this year, the Labor Department said Thursday. While matching economists' forecasts, the figure suggests improvement in the labor market is stalling.
The national debate on the Keystone XL pipeline enters the courtroom, as Nebraska landowners sue their state over how the pipeline project could be approved.
Obama told the graduating class of 2012 that a different world includes less deployments, stronger alliances and a greater role in global affairs where the United States of America is more respected and safer than they ever were before -- implying a stark contrast between the attitudes of George W. Bush's administration.
The former Secretary of State and four-star general seemed taken aback by a remark from Mitt Romney about Russia being the top geopolitical threat to the U.S.
As the 1965 Voting Rights Act comes under fire from Republican lawmakers and conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Holder explains why it's still needed to fight inequality at the polls.
Are presidential candidates running out of catchphrases?
Mitt Romney made his first prominent foray into education policy on Wednesday, calling the state of American schools a 'crisis' and decrying teachers unions that he said are stymieing reform.
The director of the United States Secret Services apologized Wednesday for the actions of the agents implicated in the Colombia prostitution scandal last month, and told lawmakers that they didn't know yet of specific plans to protect the president when they met with local women who could have been a security risk
Mitt Romney has gained a 6-point lead ahead of President Barack Obama in the critical battleground state of Florida -- and an 8-point lead if U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is on the Republican candidate's ticket, according to a new poll.
About four in 10 voters choose not to vote for the president in the Democratic primary.
The US hopes that Pakistan will agree to reopen the supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan as the Senate has threatened to link the aid to Pakistan with the country's cooperation on the issue.
The Republicans in the recently formed Women's Policy Alliance don't actually support legislation intended to aid women.
Tanya Dixon-Neely, the North Carolina high school teacher who became an infamous YouTube sensation after she yelled at student Hunter Rogers over his critical questioning of President Barack Obama, has been suspended with pay over her shocking classroom antics.
Brad Pitt's Cannes Film Festival debut at the premiere of Killing Them Softly brought a slew of celebrities to the sunshine-drenched region of France, including Karolina Kurkova, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Brook and tennis pro Novak Djokovic with wife Jelena Ristic.
The New York Times has done it again. They?ve succeeded in breaking yet another cutting-edge news story on Sunday?s front page: ?Beware, Mitt Romney is a Mormon.?
