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Here’s the good news. The economic pie is growing again. Growth in the 4th quarter last year hit 3 percent on an annualized rate. That’s respectable – although still …

Beirut - The Syrian Army overwhelmed the main rebel stronghold in the embattled city of Homs on Thursday, setting the stage for its elite soldiers to turn their attention …

President Barack Obama talking on the phone in the Oval Office. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) A funny thing happened on the way to the …

Given my own deep prejudice toward religious zealotry, it has not been difficult for me to accept the conventional American view that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme theocratic ruler …

(Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) It is nearly impossible to discuss the vast climate change denial echo chamber and not mention the Koch Brothers, …

(Photo: Neal Gillis / Flickr) The accounts read like something from the turn of the 20th century: emergency exit routes blocked and doors padlocked during working hours, …

Say what you will about this era's Republican presidential candidates; they at least have chutzpah. Millionaire blue-blood George W. Bush pretended to be a down-home cowboy. Two-time divorcee and …

(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Nashua, New Hamshire - With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President …

Washington - Political consultants tell candidates to be authentic — to “be yourself.” In Mitt Romney's case, that might not be such good advice. Once again, for what seems …

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Yesterday, Sen. Olympia Snowe announced that she has decided not to seek re-election in …