The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity.
The world's leading breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, struggled on Thursday to defuse a growing crisis over its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure has revoked Planned Parenthood's funding because the group is under federal investigation, but it has not revoked Penn State University's funding, even though Penn State is under federal investigation as well.
Picture President Barack Obama's reelection campaign as a showroom. Over there, at one stand, is an overall improving economy -- he hopes. And somewhere in the showroom, either as a part of the economy stand or standing on its own, will be the health and restoration of the United States automotive industry. If the past week and a half is any indication, Obama plans to use it as a critical point in his reelection campaign as the industry continues a dramatic recovery from dire straits just mor...
Elections may be the bedrock of democracy, but counting votes is a complicated process. As Floridians head to the polls Tuesday to vote for a Republican candidate to go up against President Barack Obama, notorious past controversies from the Sunshine State come to mind.
Snoop Dogg might have a thing for Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul.
The current Republican frontrunner gets melodic with a patriot's classic.
Why the White House's attempts to hear from Americans is a magnet for marijuana legalization advocates.
Senate Republicans plan to introduce a bill that would allow Congress to bypass the executive branch in order to green-light construction for the contentious Keystone XL pipeline.
A new team of U.S. trade enforcers will make countries think twice about building unfair barriers to American exports, said President Barack Obama's top trade official, who noted the team will include intelligence officials as well as representatives of multiple agencies.
Many Republicans are concerned that the bitter nomination fight between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich may already have damaged both of them to the extent that neither would be able to defeat Democratic President Barack Obama in the Nov. 6 general election.
Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he won’t serve in a second Obama Administration
because he doesn’t expect to be invited to continue.
President Barack Obama dealt with the issue of illegal immigration in detail in his 2012 State of the Union address, but a close scrutiny reveals that several sections in this year's speech bear striking similarity to corresponding parts in the previous year's address. The big question now ... is this the fault of his speechwriter or is it really the case that the Obama administration has been so bogged down with the issue of illegal immigration that it has not moved past its 2010-11 stand...
Mitt Romney elaborated on his immigration policies during Monday night's debate in Florida by calling for a system of self-deportation, embracing a concept that was tested and subsequently discarded under President George W. Bush.
Facebook, one of the many companies that opposed the SOPA bill, contributed $1.35 million to lobbyists last year. The sum pails in comparison to Google, which spent $9.98 million, and Microsoft, which spent $7.34 million over the course of the year.
If Mitt Romney grabs the GOP presidential nod, he would be the first Republican candidate in decades to take hard line on immigration policies that Latinos support.
A new report from Brookings Institute shows President Barack Obama faces more federal judicial vacancies than he can keep up with and a longer confirmation process for his choices.
President Barack Obama is statistically tied with Mitt Romney in a general-election matchup, but several factors favor his re-election, according to a Fox News poll released Monday.
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has risen to 46 percent in January from 38 percent in the summer of 2011, but he still lacks majority support among independent voters; his support among Republicans is very low, at just 10 percent.
For all the hand-wringing about Mitt Romney being insufficiently conservative, the last few days have demonstrated how a Romney candidacy would give voters a clear alternative to the progressive vision articulated by President Barack Obama.
A new word has become more common the Obama administration's lexicon: veto. After three years spent cultivating the image of a middle ground-seeking compromiser-in-chief, the White House appears to have made a 180-degree turn. Three veto threats have been floated against major pieces of legislation. President Barack Obama suddenly refuses take any gruff from Congressional Republicans.
Former United Nations ambassador John Bolton endorsed Mitt Romney on Thursday, adding another name to the list of conservative politicians who have come out in support of the former Massachusetts governor as he attempts to gain credibility among conservative voters.