On Thursday night, comedian Bill Maher publicly announced his intention to donate $1 million to the super PAC supporting the reelection of President Barack Obama.
Shepard Fairey, who created the iconic Hope poster during President Barack Obama's 2008 primary campaign, pled guilty to creating false documents and deleting evidence in his legal fight with The Associated Press.
The U.S. government will spend an additional $51 million this year to ensure that Asian carp don't spread to the Great Lakes.
The environmental stance of The Lorax has drawn criticism from both the left and the right as observers argue, respectively, that it is not environmentally-conscious enough and that it is left-wing propaganda.
New U.S. home sales fell in January but upward revisions to the prior months' data and a drop in the supply of properties on the market added to signs of a budding housing recovery.
President Barack Obama may have tweaked a policy that will let religiously-affiliated employers avoid offering insurance plans that cover birth control, but seven Republican state attorneys general are fighting the proposed rule on First Amendment grounds.
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher publicly donated $1 million dollars to a super PAC supporting President Obama's re-election Thursday during a live web broadcast of his comedy special, CrazyStupidPolitics: Live from Silicon Valley.
The White House was transformed into an intimate blues club on Tuesday night when a concert featuring some of the greatest living blues legends of past, present and future gathered for a concert. Stars such as Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and more were jammed in the East Room of the White House on a night dubbed In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues.
The Obama administration is weighing the circumstances that could warrant tapping the nation's strategic oil reserve, aware that supply disruptions from Iran could harm the global economy, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday.
Syrian National Council member Bassma Kodmani said unnamed countries were already providing communications equipment, body armor and night-vision goggles to the Free Syrian Army. Western governments have in the past denied claims that they're arming foes of President Bashar al Assad. The news came as the Red Cross finally reached the besieged city of Homs, evacuating women and children.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lambasted President Barack Obama for apologizing about the alleged burning of Korans and other sacred texts at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
President Barack Obama sought to ease Americans' anxiety about rising gas prices, defending his administration's energy policy as more robust than those offered by the Republicans vying to replace him.
Afghan protests over the burning of Qurans on a U.S. military base left 12 dead, making Friday the bloodiest day of demonstrations so far. Around 4000 protestors marched on the governor of Khost's compound, while in Nangarhar province thousands more chanted Death to America.
TORONTO, Feb. 23 -- Muslim countries are overthrowing fundamentalist rulers and the United States could have a Mormon presidential candidate as religion keeps a firm, inevitable foot in politics.
Comedian Bill Maher cut a $1 million check to Priorities USA Action, a pro-Obama super PAC.
There appears to be disagreement within the Israeli government itself over what to do with Iran, with defense minister Ehud Barak and President Shimon Peres clashing on the topic. Meanwhile, PM Netanyahu has forbidden his cabinet ministers from publicly discussing options on Iran.
Religious organizations, particularly the Catholic Church, argue universal healthcare access is a fundamental human right.
Everyone agrees the days of cheap gasoline are over. The pain at the pump is forcing people to cut down gasoline usage, and there has been a big drop in gasoline demand in the country. At the same time, domestic production is booming, with the number of rigs just in U.S. oil fields more than quadrupling in the past three years.
Hundreds of demonstrators marched towards the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Friday, as a fourth day of protests erupted over the burning of Korans at a NATO base, with riot police and soldiers on high alert. Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies of the Muslim holy book.
Western and Arab countries on Friday will demand that Syria allow aid to be delivered to desperate civilians, despite the lack of international resolve to intervene to end a crackdown on foes of President Bashar al Assad's regime. Violence during the uprising has claimed thousands of Syrians' lives.
President Barack Obama apologized on Thursday for the burning of copies of the Koran on a U.S. base in Afghanistan as the White House sought to quell spiraling furor among Afghans while also staving off Republican criticism at home.
Israel may have to consider ending the internal war within its government before launching an attack on Iran in the name of its alleged nuclear weapons program. Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak, who is believed to be pushing for military action against Iran, slammed President Shimon Peres, following newspaper reports which said that Peres is expected to tell U.S. President Barack Obama that he doesn't believe Israel should attack Iran soon.
