The failure of the U.S. Congressional Super Committee to reach a deal on reducing the budget deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years implies that uncertainty over defense spending is set to continue in to 2012.
Ron Paul, R-Texas, a libertarian congressman, has gained popularity recently among likely Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Here are his positions on the issues.
Republicans faced off in a national security-themed debate at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. and broadcast on CNN. The gathering did little to change the dynamic of a race that has seen a carousel of candidates tested as a possible better-option to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
At the CNN National Security Debate in Washington, D.C., Romney, Huntsman and Paul proved themselves the strongest GOP candidates, while Bachmann and Perry barely squeaked by and Cain and Santorum were left floundering. Here, read the top quotes of the night, and get a full rundown of the Republican candidates' performances.
Reggie Love announced that he will leave his post as U.S. President Barack Obama's body man to attend business school, but not before dishing about life as the President's assistant.
After President Barack Obama's commitment this month to a transpacific free trade agreement, business leaders in Europe and United States are asking for a similar initiative across the North Atlantic to spur economic growth and create jobs.
The house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday introduced U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann with walk-on music entitled Lyin' A-s B---h by Fishbone, leading one lawmaker to say such actions are insulting and inappropriate.
Bonus season could come early this year for employees who are paid on commissions, payroll servicers said on Tuesday, if Congress fails to extend the Obama administration's payroll tax cuts beyond 2011.
Airbus and Boeing are bidding to sell around 150 jets to United Continental as the world's largest airline joins an industry-wide scramble for fuel savings, people familiar with the matter said.
Out of tragedy comes hope. The Kate Puzey Volunteer Protection Act of 2011, or Kate's Law, offers better protections for Peace Corps volunteers as they help out abroad.
Mitt Romney's first television ad in New Hampshire misquotes President Obama to say, If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.
Nearly three years into his Oval Office tenure, President Barack Obama issued his first commutation to a woman who has served 10 years of a 22-year sentence for cocaine distribution.
The comments come ahead of a United Nations climate treaty conference in Durban, South Africa next week.
Tony Rezko, a one-time adviser to the embattled former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich, has been sentenced to ten-and-a-half years in prison.
Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to reroute a controversial proposed U.S.-to-Canada oil pipeline away from an ecologically-sensitive region in the state, and the governor quickly signed the measure into law.
Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone blasted President Barack Obama Tuesday morning on CNBC, where he was a guest host on Squawk Box.
The super committee's failure will not lead to another downgrade in the United State's credit rating, but it does leave Congress with a budgetary mess on its hand in the coming months.
Mitt Romney is still the leader in New Hampshire by a margin of more than 25 points, and he's the only candidate with an approval rating above 50 percent. He and Newt Gingrich are tied in terms of who voters think would do best in a debate against President Barack Obama, and they're also the only candidates whom a majority of voters consider presidential.
Lock up your wives and daughters America: Mitt Romney has a dark side.
The members of the super committee officially announced a failure to reach a deal on cutting at least a $1.2 trillion hole in the federal budget deficit, ahead of its official Nov. 23 deadline. The move has sent lawmakers searching for a new plan and ways to dodge blame.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo predicts New York state will lose about $5 billion in federal funding now that the U.S. Congress's deficit-reduction super committee has failed to reach a compromise, as its co-chairs announced Monday evening.
First Lady Michelle Obama was booed at a NASCAR event on Sunday.
