BARACK OBAMA

Vivek Kundra, the nation's first federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), will quit the White House in August for a fellowship at Harvard University.

Destiny Mathis, a surgical technologist and mother of three, decided to sell a hand written letter that she received from President Obama.

Vivek Kundra , who is the White House's first chief information officer and was the key leader in his administration's effort to streamline the federal government's massive IT infrastructure is leaving in August for a fellowship at Harvard.

President Barack Obama offered some much-needed support to US Congressman Anthony Weiner who resigned weeks after a damaging sexting scandal erupted.

Several options were presented to President Barack Obama by a top U.S. commander to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan, the White House said on Thursday, an indication that a plan would be announced soon.

New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, speaking at the Council Center for Senior Citizens in Brooklyn where he first began his career, announced Thursday his resignation from Congress.

Anthony Weiner is set to resign Thursday afternoon, ending his career as a seven-term Democratic congressman from New York.

The 2011 lunar eclipse-- believed to bring some of the darkest nights in roughly a century yesterday-- was not visible in North America, but it still seems to have ushered in Anthony Weiners darkest hour.

The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has the legal authority to continue U.S. military action in Libya, despite Congress not authorizing it.

The wife of Rep. Anthony Weiner returned from work in the Middle East and Africa to find the news of her scandal-ridden husband hadn't subsided. In fact, Huma Abedin's arrival coincided with the emergence of a new set of images: Photos of her husband cross-dressing.

Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke to New York City Republicans on Tuesday night, revealing little about his potential candidacy.

Pakistan government has denied reports that its intelligence service has arrested five informants of CIA over raid at Osama bin Laden's hide out in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

U.S. companies are doing well but the country is faced with entrenched political divisiveness that makes reaching any kind of compromise on the budget deficit difficult, former IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan said on Wednesday.

Warren, a 59-year-old California diver, is hoping to find the remains of Bin Laden in the Arabian sea.

Representative Anthony Weiner's claims he didn't use his congressional Blackberry to send salacious photographs and text messages may not be the only thing the House Ethics Committee is investigating.

The United States and China will need to work out a high-level understanding to limit cyber attacks and spying, U.S. elder statesman Henry Kissinger said on Tuesday.

Republicans and Democrats grappled over the government's annual spending levels on Tuesday as they worked toward a deal that would narrow annual budget deficits and allow the country to continue borrowing at rock-bottom rates.

The chairman of the Federal Reserve warned on Tuesday that a failure to lift the government's borrowing limit could risk a potentially disastrous loss of confidence, giving further impetus to the latest round of deficit-reduction talks by top lawmakers.

U.S. House Speaker Republican John Boehner has asked President Barack Obama for a clear explanation of the legal standing supporting his administration’s continued military involvement in Libya.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Tuesday that a failure to lift the government's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling risks a potentially disastrous loss of confidence in America's creditworthiness.

In the first official visit of a sitting American president to the Caribbean commonwealth since John F. Kennedy in 1961, President Barack Obama landed in Puerto Rico Tuesday, saying he's committed to the success and self-determination of the U.S. island territory.