BARACK OBAMA

In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Barack Obama said the Palestinian people deserve a state of their own, but this goal can only be achieved via direct talks with Israel.

Multiple Republican-led states have passed new election laws that severely hamper certain groups' ability to vote, a move that many Democrats see as a move to weaken their base ahead of the 2012 presidential election.

Solyndra executives will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights Friday when they refuse to answer questions at a Congressional hearing investigating allegations of improper dealings between the failed solar company and the White House.

With a tentative agreement with General Motors Co in hand, the United Auto Workers union shifts its focus to Chrysler Group LLC where a one-week contract extension will expire late Wednesday.

The tax code may be headed for some major renovation, and Senator Ron Wyden, a rangy Oregon Democrat, has come up with one of Congress' most complete blueprints.

Gold held steady above $1,800 an ounce on Wednesday ahead of the outcome of a Federal Reserve policy meeting at which the U.S. central bank is expected to unveil its next steps to revive the world's largest economy.

Libya will likely name a new government within 10 days, interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said, raising hopes of political progress in the fractured country weeks after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

NASA unveiled its plans to buy a complete range of spacecrafts, launchers, mission operations and ground support by the middle of the decade to provide astronauts with transportation service to the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit.

President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday to urge him to drop plans to ask the U.N. Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state despite U.S. and Israeli objections.

Investments in energy-saving building retrofits and clean-energy projects can create hundreds of thousands of jobs and bolster the U.S. economy, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday.

Republican lawmakers are stepping up their investigation into alternative energy loan programs in the wake of the collapse of the Solyndra solar company, the first company to receive such government funding.

About 2.8 million jobs, both in manufacturing and high-tech fields, have been lost as a result of the growing U.S. trade deficit with China since Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, said an EPI study, which was denounced immediately by the US-China Joint Business Council.

Dave Stewart went to the hilltop and called on a higher rock star -- Mick Jagger. Thus began Superheavy, a project shrouded in secrecy for two years and now with one album released this week to its credit

The Clinton-era don't ask, don't tell military policy, under which service members were forbidden to come out as gay, was officially repealed on Tuesday. Here's what politicians and military officials are saying.

Facing a recession-weary public and approval ratings hovering in the 40's, President Obama and his team has been successful at one task: Fundraising.

The relationship between President Obama and Warren Buffett has grown as the president is calling on wealthy Americans to pay more in taxes to solve deficit problems.

In light of allegations of inappropriate dealings between the White House and failed energy company Solyndra and wireless start-up LightSquared, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issas, R-Calif., said Tuesday that his committee plans to investigate government loans programs to private companies,The Hill reported.

Libya's new flag flew at the United Nations on Tuesday for the first time since Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow as U.S. President Barack Obama called for the last of the deposed leader's loyalists to stop fighting.

Typically known for his hard lines, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly delivered another one: If President Barack Obama increases taxes for millionaires, he's not certain he won't quit his job.

Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is taking a cue from the successful campaign of Bob Turner -- attacking President Barack Obama on Israel policy.Turner, a Republican, won a special election in New York last week for Anthony Weiner's vacated House seat. Turner beat Democrat Dave Weprin in the 9th Congressional District race despite the fact that Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly a three to one margin.

President Barack Obama has thrown down the gauntlet regarding the deficit reduction process -- the only question is, does he have the support of the American people to enact his budget vision, or is substantive action unlikely prior to the 2012 election, due to divided government?