A summary of all-things Washington for Monday, August 15, 2011.
Syrians say Sunni areas are being shelled from land and sea.
Wisconsin's series of recall elections concludes Tuesday when voters go to the polls in two state Senate districts where Democrats are being forced to defend their seats.
President Barack Obama has no reprieve from his summer blues. His approval ratings have taken a hit as Americans are deeply concerned about their future amid sluggish economic growth and unemployment rate that remains above 9 percent.
Tim Pawlenty has dropped his 2012 GOP presidential nomination bid. Why the move spells trouble for Mitt Romney.
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has ended his presidential campaign. After a third-place finish Saturday in the Iowa Straw Poll Pawlenty announced Sunday he's out of the GOP presidential nomination race.
China should rest easy that its investments in the dollar remain safe, the newly arrived U.S. ambassador in Beijing, Gary Locke, said on Sunday, adding that the world's two biggest economies could find common ground despite economic and political strains.
Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll on Saturday in the first big test of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign, as Texas Governor Rick Perry launched a White House bid that could reshape the race.
It was Michele Bachmann's big moment in the political spotlight and Rick Perry stomped all over it.
Economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini, the NYU professor who four years ago accurately predicted the global financial crisis, says tough medicine is needed to end it: another round of massive fiscal stimulus or a universal debt restructuring. If neither occurs, a systemic flaw will, at minimum, continue to hinder economic recovery.
Republican Rick Perry, the conservative governor of Texas, on Saturday declared himself a candidate for president with a blistering attack on Democratic President Barack Obama.
Rick Perry is officially a candidate for President of the United States. Here's five reasons the Texas Governor can beat Barack Obama.
Having said no to taxes for months, Republicans now are saying maybe, in the face of public disgust over a deadlock in the Congress, a near government default and a worsening global economic crisis.
President Barack Obama said on Saturday that bitter fights between Democrats and Republicans in Washington were hurting the economy and he urged lawmakers to embrace compromise in order to boost job growth.
Rick Perry, the conservative governor of Texas, declared himself a candidate for president on Saturday, shaking up the race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012.
President Barack Obama honored the Green Bay Packers on Friday for winning the Super Bowl despite being a die-hard fan of the team's long-time rival to the south, the Chicago Bears.
Six Republican presidential hopefuls compete Saturday in the Iowa straw poll, an unofficial test of campaign strength that will share the stage this year with the launch of Texas Governor Rick Perry's White House run.
Obama desperately needs to re-energize his flagging re-election hopes.
A California man, who pleaded guilty in May to threatening U.S. Representative Jim McDermott, was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison.
A California man who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Representative Jim McDermott of Washington state was sentenced to eight months in prison on Friday by a federal judge.
Will.i.am, science teacher?With flashing lights, electric dance breakdowns and even some of his own robot-esque moves, the Black Eyed Peas singer is no stranger to the intersection of art and science.
An appeals court dealt a blow to President Barack Obama's healthcare law on Friday, leaving a mark on constitutional law, the healthcare industry, U.S. politics and U.S. states.
