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Obama seeks to put personal touch on cliff talks
President Barack Obama, trying to put a personal touch on "fiscal cliff" negotiations, visited a northern Virginia family's basement apartment ...
With war shifting, US, Russia talk Syria's future
Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign ...
Sen. DeMint resigning to head conservative group
Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party favorite known for bucking party leaders to back challenges to centrist veterans he didn't view as ...
US attorney in New Orleans resigns amid probe
New Orleans' corruption-busting federal prosecutor resigned Thursday after two top deputies became embroiled in a scandal that threatens to undermine ...
Police arrest, spray protesters at Mich. Capitol
Michigan State Police say they have used chemical spray on right-to-work protesters who to tried rush into the Senate chamber at the state Capitol, ...
THE RESET: Other voices in fiscal cliff debate
They don't have a seat at the talks to defuse a year-end fiscal bomb, yet wield considerable influence. They are wise-cracking debt-reduction duo Alan ...
Obama visits Va. family to pitch fiscal plan
President Barack Obama is visiting a middle-class family in suburban Washington as he continues to push for a plan to extend tax cuts to all but the ...
Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise
New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of ...
Neb. state Sen. Flood exits 2014 governor's race
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Flood leaving race for Nebraska governor
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
EADS downgraded after shareholder overhaul
Moody's Investor Service lowered its main credit rating for EADS, the make of Airbus plans, citing the European aerospace giant's overhaul of its ...
Fox's correspondent on front lines with Obama
Ed Henry's assignment covering the White House would be a challenge for any journalist, no matter his employer. Yet Henry works at Fox News Channel, ...
Clinton fears efforts to 're-Sovietize' in Europe
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Thursday about a new effort by oppressive governments to "re-Sovietize" much of Eastern Europe ...
Port strike could be prelude for dockworker talks
The end of one labor crisis at the nation's busiest port complex could be a prelude to another. The resolution of an eight-day walk-off by clerical ...
How far over the 'fiscal cliff' could they go?
The dealmakers who warn that a year-end plunge off the "fiscal cliff" would be disastrous don't seem to be rushing to stop it. Why aren't they ...
Marine official: Manning held improperly in brig
An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was wrongly kept on suicide watch for at ...
Troopers: Alaska killer cut wrist, strangled self
A man who confessed to killing an Alaska barista and multiple other people across the country died in his jail cell after slashing one of his wrists ...
Social Security fast-tracks rare-disease claims
In an effort to ease the burden of being stricken with a debilitating condition, the Social Security Administration is expanding a program that ...
Democrats: Obama to ask for $50 billion Sandy aid
President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on ...
Analysis: Obama could risk going over 'cliff'
It may be just a bluff or a bargaining ploy, but the White House is signaling that President Barack Obama is willing to let the country go over the ...
Obama, Boehner speak by phone on fiscal cliff
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner discussed the fiscal cliff Wednesday in a telephone call. It followed several days of political ...
Spending cuts shadow Obama meeting with tribes
Hours after talking tough against Republicans in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Barack Obama and members of his Cabinet reassured hundreds of ...
Court hears challenge to Obama recess appointments
Republicans and business groups told a federal appeals court Wednesday that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution earlier this year when ...
Senate to take up bill normalizing Russia trade
The Senate on Wednesday headed toward a vote on legislation that would end four-decade-old trade restrictions that are blocking U.S. businesses from ...
US aware of Assad asylum offers
The Obama administration said Wednesday that several countries in the Middle East and elsewhere have informally offered to grant asylum to Syrian ...