BARACK OBAMA

Business leaders and former government officials urged President Barack Obama on Monday to go big with his recommendations to a congressional panel tasked with slashing America's debt.

Will the Tea Party faction-dominated Republican Party try to find common ground with President Barack Obama and pass a much-needed jobs bill?

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's rivals have attacked the Texas governor as too inflammatory to appeal to mainstream voters, but a new poll shows just the opposite.

Former Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Monday, further sharpening the distinction between Romney and Texas governor Rick Perry.

For the 10th anniversary of 9/11, President Barack Obama traveled from New York City to Shanksville, Pa. to the Pentagon in Washington D.C. for a speech to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 attack.

President Barack Obama picked up where his predecessor George W. Bush left off in the war against Islamic militants after the September 11 attacks, and on Sunday both saw the raw emotions that linger 10 years later.

Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Thousands of people journeyed to Lower Manhattan in New York City Sunday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

President Barack Obama with former President George W. Bush commemorated the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place in New York City, Washington, D.C. and in Shanksvillle, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001.

The United States marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York, Washington, and Shanksville, Pa. Sunday with memorial services at the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and at a field in Pennsylvania -- all three of which are hallowed ground.

Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful.

The 9/11 Tribute Lights are illuminating the New York City skyline on the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack.

Michelle Obama visited the US Open on Friday at New York's Flushing Meadows to promote her Let's Move campaign which seeks to end childhood obesity in the United States

Vague pledges and a lack of action by G7 countries underscored differences between Europe and the United States and a lack of room to maneuver in the face of the worst loss of confidence since the credit crisis.

Tropical Storm Lee dumped heavy rain on an already soggy U.S. northeast on Thursday leading the river to break high-water records set nearly 40 years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Agnes.

More than 31 million Americans watched President Barack Obama deliver his agenda for creating jobs in a speech broadcast live on television, ratings data showed on Friday.

Europe knows it must do more to persuade financial markets it is coming to grips with its debt problems but there is no question it has the financial firepower to do so, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

As Dawn chips away at paying back her $18,000 debt load, the 45-year old swears she'll never use credit again.

Caterpillar Inc is struggling to add skilled workers in its manufacturing operations despite high U.S. unemployment levels that have forced President Barack Obama to take extraordinary measures, the company's chief executive said on Friday.

Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday after the surprise resignation of a European Central Bank executive board member brought concerns over the region's debt back to the fore.

The one component of President Barack Obama's jobs plan most likely to win approval in Congress -- payroll tax cuts -- will produce only a modest incremental lift to the U.S. economy and may barely nudge unemployment lower.