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A top Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to announce the United States will join trade talks with Vietnam, New Zealand and others as part of an emerging transpacific trading bloc.
President Obama, military leaders and a host of lawmakers are expected to attend Tuesday’s memorial service. Read more...
By Larry Margasak WASHINGTON The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond.
HACKETTSTOWN — Those green M&Ms really are getting greener.
Each year, unionized employees pay billions of dollars in union dues. By law, unions must spend this money to advance the interests of union members. However without adequate financial transparency, union members cannot tell if their dues are being misspent.
Probably my favorite character in history is Ulysses S. “Sam” Grant, the Union general who was basically responsible for winning the Civil War and who later became president of the United States.
Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.
Republicans have been working overtime for days now trying to come up with newer and bolder ways of describing the 2009 election as an unmitigated triumph -- and a crystal clear sign their party will score a historic comeback in next year's congressional races.
Today is Monday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2009. There are 52 days left in the year.
In 1969, "Sesame Street" made its debut on National Educational Television (later PBS).
Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.
While more police officers patrol Tokyo's subway and train stations in preparation for U.S. President Barack Obama's two-day trip to Japan this week, people in other parts of the country have already sent the American President a message
China must continue to work to boost domestic demand to avoid global imbalances in the flows of trade and investments between nations, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Tuesday.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- “I can offer you a discount on the headbands,” said Tareq Abu Dayyeh, souvenir-store owner. “They’re just like the kind used by suicide bombers.”
WASHINGTON — Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.
The deepening debate over the future of a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has opened a broad rift in Washington's most important alliance in Asia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the region this week.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Every economist has his day. World War II was the era of John Maynard Keynes , who taught that a few great minds can improve an economy.
(AP:WASHINGTON) China must continue to work to boost domestic demand to avoid global imbalances in the flows of trade and investments between nations, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Tuesday.
Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy.
President Barack Obama plans to attend a memorial at Texas' Fort Hood today, where a gunman's rampage left 13 dead and 29 more wounded.
I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon) By Richard Polsky (Other Press; 268 pages; $23.95) What's the "Mona Lisa" worth? The answer, as with any work of art, is simple: whatever someone is willing to pay for it. How monetary values get established, however, is anything...
