Senate Republicans on Monday afternoon blocked President Barack Obama's Buffett Rule legislation, which would have put a 30-percent minimum tax on millionaires.
Lord Nazir Ahmed was suspended from the Labour party Monday after reports surfaced that the Muslim life peer offered a bounty for the capture of President Obama and former president George W. Bush.
The Republican Party's diminished standing among Latino voters could be a fatal weakness come November, likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney said at a closed-door fundraiser on Sunday.
Seven years ago, The Huffington Post was largely considered to be an aggregation blog. This year, the empire and brainchild of Arianna Huffington won its first Pulitzer for David Wood's ten-part series about wounded veterans, Beyond the Battlefield.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition from imprisoned former Enron executive Jefffrey Skilling.
The round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and six world powers will take place in Baghdad, Iraq late next month. Following Saturday's discussions in Turkey, Tehran agreed to hold more talks, a landmark step after years of stalled negotiations around the Islamic Republic's developing nuclear program.
President Barack Obama faced pressure from Latin American leaders to reconsider America's enforcement-based approach to the war on drugs during a weekend summit Colombia.
The meeting ended on a frosty note Sunday, with the leaders of Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua all vowing to boycott next year's meeting if Cuba remains banned.
The United States and the Philippines kicked off 11 days of military drills in the South China Sea, an annual event that is especially significant as a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines enters its second week.
A video released on Monday calls on grassroots supporters to help President Barack Obama defeat Mitt Romney in November.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday, commented for the first time on the scandal surrounding the Secret Service saying that he will wait for the full investigation before passing final judgment.
A controversial British peer of Pakistani origin, who allegedly announced a £10-million bounty for the capture of US President Barack Obama and his predecessor George Bush, has been suspended from the UK's Labor Party.
Addressing Israeli concerns on Iran buying extra time of five weeks over its alleged clandestine nuclear weapons program during the first round of key talks with the six world powers, US President Barack Obama said his administration has not given anything away, defending the need for a diplomatic resolution.
U.S. President Barack Obama said he would be angry if allegations are proven to be true that Secret Service and military officials cavorted with prostitutes in Colombia ahead of his official visit there this weekend.
The U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement will enter into force next month, far earlier than expected, as a result of what the Obama administration called historic progress for Colombian worker protections and human rights.
The U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will take effect next month, President Barack Obama announced Sunday during the two-day Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
US President Barack Obama Friday said that North Korea should be isolated more from the international community to stop the reclusive country from going ahead with its objectionable nuclear and missile programs.
A dozen of US secret service agents assigned for President Barack Obama at an international summit in Colombia have been relieved of duty after allegations of drinking and consorting with prostitutes.
Mitt Romney aimed to assure gun owners Friday he would safeguard our Second Amendment as he claimed President Barack Obama undermines the U.S. Supreme Court and tramples on constitutional rights.
Here's a look at the five most profitable companies profiled in a recent Citizens for Tax Justice report on corporate taxation and the top five federal political candidates or incumbents to whom each has contributed during the 2011-2012 election cycle.
Hours after President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden published their 2011 tax returns, Mitt Romney announced he has requested an extension for his own filing.
Months of saber rattling and diplomatic tension between Iran and the rest of the world have led to Saturday's nuclear talks, the first attempt at such negotiations since the last round fell apart 15 months ago. On Saturday, though, an unnamed diplomat told Reuters that the multilateral talks began with a completely different atmosphere than had occurred in previous meeting in early 2011.
