BARACK OBAMA

Gemba also called on Israel and Palestinians to resume direct peace talks which have been on hold since September 2010

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and biographer David Maraniss has dug up love letters and journal entries from President Barack Obama's ex-girlfriends to get an idea of what the president was like during his largely unknown time in New York City in his early 20s.

In a Tuesday speech from Bagram Air Force base, a hub of American operations in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama heralded a turning point in a conflict that has spanned the more than a decade since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

However, no major protests or rallies were expected on Wednesday in Pakistan.

Nearly five months after his unexpected surge into contention for the Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich is set to suspend his campaign and endorse Mitt Romney.

The announcement came after seven people were killed in an early morning suicide attack on a compound for international workers in Kabul on Wednesday, with the Taliban claiming the assault was a response to the president's visit.

When conservative blogger and entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart died on March 1 at the age of 43, many raised the question Was he assassinated? Further fueling a mix of conspiracy theories around his death, L.A. County forensic technician Michael Cormier died on April 20...the same day that Breitbart's autopsy report was released.

President Barack Obama spoke to the nation Tuesday evening during a surprise visit to Afghanistan, confirming that U.S troops will leave by the end of 2014.

A slim majority Americans still have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, but support has declined over the last three years.

Richard Grenell, presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney's first openly gay spokesperson, quit amid backlash by anti-gay conservatives after just two weeks on the job.

At the turn of the 20th century, German sociologist Werner Sombart asked: ?Why is there no socialism in the United States??

President Barack Obama will address the nation at 7:30 p.m. EDT to announce an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the role of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney ignored a heckler shouting Mitt Romney you're a racist! while he and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized Barack Obama for politicizing the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich released a video to supporters that he would drop out of the race on Wednesday.

US airport authorities are on alert and taking special caution on the first death anniversary of America?s most wanted fugitive, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of Sept.11 terrorist attack on United States.

Campaigning for President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton said the Obama administration was beating the clock on the U.S. economic recovery, and he rebuked Mitt Romney for pushing Bush-era policies on steroids.

The U.S. Secret Service tightened its rules of conduct for agents last week in response to the scandal.

Keeping up an old tradition, Germany has threatened to boycott the upcoming Euro 2012 soccer tournament in protest of the imprisonment and alleged mistreatment of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Jimmy Kimmel had the ballroom at Washington Hilton roaring with laughter at the White House Correspondents dinner, but the comedian had tough competition from another major speaker.

House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of diminishing the presidency by picking fake fights during his re-election bid. But even in the political fake fight realm, who is winning?

Washington will host Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda for three days of bilateral discussions over trade policy and the North Korean and Iranian nuclear threats, in hopes of strengthening the US-Japan alliance.