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"The new long-term budget projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show once again that the major problem facing the both the budget and the larger economy is out-of-control …

In the wake of the financial crisis, Western economists and policy-makers are to be applauded for recognizing that financial globalization has its limits and that capital controls may be …

The State Department today released an updated travel warning for Israel and the Occupied Territories. The update signified that it was issued "to warn against participation in any attempt …

Islamabad, Pakistan - The cellphone of Osama bin Laden’s trusted courier, which was recovered in the raid that killed both men in Pakistan last month, contained contacts to a …

In the simplest terms, it's been set up as a battle of moralities: the poor immigrant black African housekeeper versus the rich, white Dominique Strauss-Kahn, with the principals and …

Washington - Oil prices dropped sharply Thursday on news that the U.S. and Europe will sell 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves over the next 30 …

Washington - Some heard a declaration of victory, others an admission of defeat. The many contradictions in President Obama's speech about Afghanistan Wednesday night were perhaps intended to obscure …

Grammy Award winner Muddy Waters was born in a ramshackle cabin not much bigger than a studio apartment in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. Growing up in early 20th century Issaquena …

(Photo: Luigi Anzivino / Flickr) Forty years after President Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs, members of Congress introduced a bill on Thursday that would end …

Professor Juan Cole. (Photo: Patrick Giblin / Flickr) The Senate Intelligence Committee is now reviewing whether the CIA and White House may have tried to smear Juan …