Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts
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Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.
Despite fierce public pressure to end the war in Afghanistan eight years on, politicians and experts on Saturday decried calls for setting an exit date they say would embolden the Taliban.
President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care strode closer to clearing a key Senate hurdle Saturday as the last two wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally start debate on the bill.
WASHINGTON - During his first 10 months in office, as global trade contracted sharply, President Barack Obama avoided pursuing free-trade pacts and limited his public moves...
The effort had been seen by opponents as a possible new front in the national debate over the matter.
How Obama's lawyer sparked a battle royal when he tried to keep some of the President's campaign promises in the war on terrorism
What we learned from the American President's journey through the Middle Kingdom
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Canada's contributions to the war against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan are a key to success, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.
The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute terrorism suspects vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.
A film dealing with war and how it shapes soldiers and civilians alike was honored Saturday evening as the 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival announced the winners of its juried prizes. The prizes were awarded before the closing-night film "The Young Victoria" at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
One of the most unsettling rites of passage of being a medical student or junior physician is one's first encounter with a patient who has...
HONOLULU — A churning dispute between Japan and the U.S. over the realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan has revealed a cultural chasm in the way Americans and Japanese view agreements.
A federal appeals court Friday overturned a judge's ruling that D.C. police unlawfully arrested dozens of people during disturbances the night of President George W. Bush's second inauguration.
Love him or hate him, George W. Bush presided over one of the noisiest presidencies in history. There were debates over wars of necessity and wars of choice, alarm and rancor over ballooning budgets and new social entitlements, a bold mix of political and religious rhetoric, and the projection of...
WASHINGTON - For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.
You are nearing the day of decision as to whether you order the dispatch of more soldiers to Afghanistan. Some of your advisors have urged up to 50,000 more soldiers, including several thousand called trainers of the Afghan army.
Fewer than half of Iowans approve of President Barack Obama’s performance in office a year after he carried the state in the 2008 election.
The latest appearance on the literary scene is by former Republican candidate for vice president Sarah Palin. If you stood in awe when she was selected for the country's second highest political office, you must have done what I pretty much did, mutter, "Oh no not another tell-all book."
Both Hosam "Sam" Smadi and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan attracted attention from federal agents long before their high-profile arrests.
The town of Fushe-Kruje plans to erect a statue of former President George W. Bush to commemorate his visit in 2007, when he was celebrated as a hero in an outpouring of love for America.
A speech by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Beth El Synagogue brought out people with a wide variety of political views, both inside and outside the facility.