Are Republicans to blame for Washington’s problems?
Scholar Norman Ornstein is pointing fingers in a new book, "It's Even Worse Than It Looks," co-authored with Thomas Mann.Read More ...
Poll: Romney now leads Obama in a crucial state
Mitt Romney has now taken a 6-point lead over President Obama in the battleground state of Florida.Read More ...
Facebook, banks sued over pre-IPO analyst calls
Facebook Inc and banks including Morgan Stanley were sued by the social networking leader's shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering.Read More ...
Palin bucks the Tea Party, backs Orrin Hatch in Utah
Sarah Palin abandoned her tendency to go with the Tea Party choice, instead backing six-term incumbent Sen. Orrin Hatch over state Sen. Dan Liljenquist in the Utah Senate GOP primary and calling him “Mr. Balanced Budget for Utah” in a Facebook post Tuesday night. Liljenquist...Read More ...
Trayvon Martin shooting: Witnesses change stories ahead of Zimmerman trial
Four witnesses in the Trayvon Martin case have changed their stories, some "in ways that may damage" George Zimmerman, the Orlando Sentinel reports.Read More ...
Castro's daughter scorned by lawmakers, praised by gay rights groups
While Republican and Democratic lawmakers spar over the politics of allowing Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, to visit the United States, she’s winning praise from the international gay, lesbian and transgender community for her advocacy work.Read More ...
Pakistani doctor jailed for helping CIA find bin Laden
A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, television channels and a local government official said.Read More ...
Egyptians vote in first free presidential election
More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in generations. Waiting hours in line, some debated to the last minute over their vote in a historic election pitting old regime figures against ascending Islamists.Read More ...
Hawaii verifies Obama birth records to Arizona
The state of Hawaii said it has provided verification of the president's birth to Arizona's secretary of state, who claimed he needed proof of Obama's citizenship before he could place his name on the November ballot.Read More ...
Stage set for Hollande-Merkel showdown at EU summit
European leaders will try to breathe life into their stricken economies at a summit over dinner on Wednesday, but disagreement over the issue of mutual euro-zone bonds and whether they can alleviate two years of debt turmoil will dominate the gathering.Read More ...
Senator: Prostitution scandal wider than believed
Small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit by President Obama last month and engaged in reckless, "morally repugnant" behavior, Sen. Susan Collins says.Read More ...
Strong gay marriage support now exceeds strong opposition
Strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a significant margin for the first time in ABC News/Washington Post polls, and African-Americans have moved more in favor.
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US missiles 'kill four in Pakistan'
US missiles killed four militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, amid increasing strains with the West over a six-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan.Read More ...
Long-term uncertainty remains in nuclear talks with Iran
Anyone banking on a big-win breakthrough in Wednesday's nuclear talks with Iran will likely find themselves in the same boat as investors who bet on an instant surge in the Facebook stock price last week.
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5 Western states shielding part of executions
A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters into the death chamber to his final heartbeat.Read More ...
Saudis pledge $3.25 billion in aid to Qaeda-hit Yemen
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, concerned that chaos in Yemen is creating an al Qaeda base on its doorstep, pledged $3.25 billion in aid to its neighbor at a donor group meeting two days after more than 90 Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide attack. Riyadh, which already provides oil and military aid to its impoverished neighbor, convened Western and Arab Gulf nations to see how they can help Yemen push ahead with reforms and tackle its poverty and lawlessness. ...Read More ...
White House said to give inside access for bin Laden film
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration arranged for two Hollywood filmmakers to get special access to government officials involved in the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a conservative legal group that posted internal government documents on its website Tuesday. Judicial Watch posted what it said were 153 pages of Pentagon documents and 113 pages of CIA documents about the film project. ...Read More ...
Reagan foundation fights back over blood sale
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is taking legal action to stop an online auction of a vial alleged to contain the late president's blood.
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'Anti-racists' attack alleged white supremacists
A group of 18 people dressed in black, wearing masks, wielding steel batons and claiming to be extreme anti-racists allegedly stormed a Chicago family restaurant in broad daylight to assault a meeting of alleged white supremacists.Read More ...
Fla. student to plead guilty to Obama threat
A Miami college student plans to plead guilty in federal court to threatening President Barack Obama on Facebook.
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US climber describes deadly congestion on Everest
An American adventurer who helped rescue four climbers from Mount Everest last weekend has told of how a crowded push for the summit and bad weather created deadly conditions for mountaineers.Read More ...
Facebook working on redesign of unpopular 'Timeline' feature
This hasn't exactly been Facebook's year — its stock price has been in a tailspin since it went public on Friday, and the new Timeline profile look has been universally panned. It may be tough turning around the cratering stock price, but Facebook isn't … Continue reading
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