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The U.S. Congress has the constitutional right to legislate permits for cross-border oil pipelines such as the TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL, according to a new legal analysis released late on Friday.

With the crucial Republican presidential primary in South Carolina just hours away, longtime front-runner Mitt Romney is acknowledging what some opinion polls are suggesting: He could lose Saturday.

Ron Paul, the Texas Republican Congressman and 2012 Republican presidential primary candidate has inserted himself into the center of the debate over the controversial NDAA bill.

Healthcare plans are required to cover birth control without charging any co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, President Obama announced on Friday.

The Obama administration made three proposals to Congress on Tuesday meant to raise fees from the drug industry to speed of the approval process for new drugs.

President Obama can sing, and pretty well for that matter. He showed his appreciation for Al Green on Thursday by delivering lines from Let's stay together at a fundraiser in Harlem's Apollo Theater.

In case you missed the Republican presidential debate in Charleston, S.C., Thursday night, here are the highlights, from Newt Gingrich's opening tirade against moderator John King of CNN to Ron Paul's defense of leaving abortion laws to the states.

The U.S. government has set a deadline of 2025 for finding an effective way to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, an ambitious target considering there is no cure on the horizon and one that sets a firm deadline unlike previous campaigns against cancer or AIDS.

Does President Barack Obama have a singing career in his future?

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is in real trouble, as issues related to his wealth and tax returns have started rocking his otherwise smooth sailing campaign in the Republican race. Romney was forced to say that he would release his tax returns for the year in April, in the CNN-Charleston, South Carolina, debate.

Gingrich came under attack frequently in the debate of almost two hours and deftly defended himself with the kind of strong debate performance that has buoyed his up-and-down campaign all year.

The South Carolina primary is on Jan. 21, 2012, and GOP candidates Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were gunning for every vote during tonight's second debate. Who do you think won this round, and who do you support for the 2012 GOP nomination? Vote here to let us know.

Payday lenders gathered an array of supporters at a hearing hosted by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, trying to sell the new agency on the benefits of the controversial short-term, high-interest loans.

A militant who acted as a senior operations organizer for al-Qaida was targeted and killed in one of two U.S. drone strikes launched against targets inside Pakistan last week, a U.S. official said Thursday.

The South Carolina primary is on Saturday, and only four candidates -- Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum -- remain. Here are five things to look for when the results come in.

Rick Perry suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination Thursday, ending one of the race's most bizarre and entertaining candidacies. But flash back to September, and nobody -- nobody -- would have predicted we'd see this day.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is expected to talk about the debt crisis and the deficit in the Republicans' response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

Obama visited Disney World in Orlando, Florida on Thursday to outline his plan to boost tourism.

Here are the five things you need to know about the pipeline, and why it faces such vehement opposition.

A committee of Alzheimer's experts is advising the Obama Administration on how to execute and meet goals of a recently released proposal in a two-day meeting which began on Tuesday.

Although several studies indicate Fox News viewers are among the least informed, Americans still trust it more than any other news network.