President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struggled on Sunday to break a partisan deadlock on a budget deal to avoid a U.S. debt default and reassure global markets, with no sign of a deal emerging.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, took pains to underscore that not only have the debt deal talks resumed, he says all parties are working toward an agreement. Time certainly is of the essence: the U.S. has less than 10 days to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a default.
President Barack Obama summoned House Speaker John Boehner to White House after the Republican from Ohio threw the debt ceiling talks into disarray by withdrawing from discussions.
Republicans and Tea Party members used the social media Twitter more than Democrats during the midterm elections last year, according to a study by the University of Michigan.
U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. sent a highly publicized e-mail calling Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz vile and not a lady after she indirectly criticized his plans for insurance reform. Aside from an outspoken member of the House, who is Allen West?
President Barack Obama and Republicans traded demands for a serious deficit plan on Friday, as an acrimonious stalemate deepened in negotiations to avert a looming U.S. government default.
President Barack Obama and Republicans traded demands for a serious deficit plan on Friday, as an acrimonious stalemate deepened in negotiations to avert a looming U.S. government default.
President Barack Obama and Republicans traded demands for a serious deficit plan on Friday, underscoring the lack of progress and acrimony plaguing negotiations to avert a looming government default.
Iowa and New Hampshire will be the first lucky states to hear Ron Paul issue his stern warning against raising the federal debt limit, as his new ad hits the airwaves in the early-voting states.
Dismal unemployment figures on Friday complicated efforts to avert a looming U.S. debt default, and a top Republican said negotiators were not close to a deal that would ensure continued borrowing.
U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., announced Monday that she will not run for an 11th term in 2012, saying she will reach age 75 before the next election and the time has come to move on.
President Barack Obama's plan to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has already provoked an outpouring of reactions at home and abroad, ranging from praise for his boldness to criticism that he is not being bold enough or is acting rashly.
Saudi women activists, bloggers and academicians on Monday dashed off a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday seeking her support for their 'right to drive' in the country.
America has been really harsh on Anthony Weiner. And yes, it’s the entire country because both Democrats and Republicans turned on him.
How much will US taxpayers pay for the 'retirement' of Representative Anthony Weiner, who decided to resign from the Congress in the wake of a damaging online sex scandal? The amount he will get in retirement is close to one million dollars, according to reports.
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.
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has resigned, capping a precipitous fall that began with revelations that Weiner had been sending lewd photos to women he met online.
Anthony Weiner is set to resign Thursday afternoon, ending his career as a seven-term Democratic congressman from New York.
A once promising political career torn apart by scandal will finally come to an end today as Rep. Anthony Weiner will resign in his Sheepshead Bay office where he first launched his campaign for City Council in 1992.
Scandal plauged Congressman Anthony Weiner has disclosed his decision to resign his seat as a member of Congress, amid unrelenting pressure from top Democrats for him to go, The Times reported.
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has told his friends that he will resign, capping a precipitous fall that began with revelations that Weiner had been sending lewd photos to women he met online, the New York Times reported.
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.
