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Employment likely grew only modestly in September, with hiring too weak to pull down a lofty jobless rate and dispel recession fears.

U.S. employment likely grew only modestly in September, with hiring too weak to pull down a lofty jobless rate and dispel recession fears.

The Obama administration said on Thursday its top energy loans official was stepping down, following a widening probe into the embarrassing collapse of a solar panel company that got $535 million in federal support.

ESPN and country music artist Hank Williams Jr. have parted ways, both parties announced on Thursday, following controversial comments in which Williams compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler on Monday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warned Republicans about delaying the confirmation of a director to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

George Clooney's new movie, Ides of March and his vocal support of the Democratic Party, have many wondering if the actor will someday announce his own candidacy.

“India is trying to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan [and trying to form] a weak Pakistan so that it can be dominated.

Hank Williams Jr. and ESPN have officially decided to part ways after his controversial comments comparing President Obama to Hitler.

President Barack Obama held a Thursday press conference urging Congress to pass his jobs bill. A vote is scheduled in the Senate for next week.

Outpourings of public grief and appreciation swept the globe on Thursday after the death of Apple (AAPL.O) co-founder Steve Jobs.

Former President Ronald Reagan, often considered the hero of the modern Republican Party, said 'crazy' tax loopholes allowed millionaires to pay a lower tax rate than bus drivers.

Europe's worsening debt crisis could significantly damage the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned on Thursday as he urged Europe to shore up its bailout fund.

Former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, announced Wednesday that she will not seek the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States. But does that decision mean she's out of the 2012 presidential race?

President Barack Obama says Occupy Wall Street protests giving voice to financial system frustration.

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President Barack Obama launched a broad onslaught against banks on Thursday, tapping into public anger over rising fees to garner populist support ahead of his 2012 re-election campaign.

During a press conference Thursday, Obama said that Americans will continue to express their anger at the two sets of rules for Wall Street and everyone else: You're still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly, trying to fight efforts to crack down on abusive practices that got us in the problem in the first place.

One day before the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, hundreds amassed in Kabul to protest the United States continued troop presence in the country.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing, music and mobile phones, died Wednesday at the age of 56.

In the aftermath of the botched gun-tracking operation along the Southwest border, called Fast and Furious, which allowed weapons from the United States to pass into the hands of suspected gun smugglers and Mexican drug cartels, two top supervisors at federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), headquarters have been reassigned.

Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Herman Cain showed themselves to be no fans of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement, dismissing the critique of corporate power and economic inequity. Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself! Cain said.