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Paris - The leaders of France and Germany on Tuesday promised to take concrete steps toward a closer political and economic union of the 17 countries that use the …

Kansas City, Mo. - A new Kansas law that bans insurers from providing elective abortion coverage is the state's third abortion-related measure to draw a legal challenge in recent …

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since launching his presidential campaign, Perry has touted his state's job creation numbers, but …

Social Security has just turned 76. Although the program has been forced to fend off attacks over the past year, we’re proud to say it’s still here and working …

TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. The recall election season is over in Wisconsin – as two …

Radio Toma, loosely translated as “Occupation Radio,” broadcasts non-stop information about the protests being staged in front of the University of Chile’s main building – literally a stone’s throw …

A journalist listens to the live broadcast testimony by Rupert Murdoch and his son, James, outside Portcullis House, where they were testifying, in London, on July 19, 2011. Murdoch …

Washington, Aug 2 (IPS) - While an estimated 12.4 million people linger on the brink of starvation in the Great Horn of Africa, U.S. officials and world relief agencies …

While turning down one federal handout last week, the administration of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback was applying for a different one. No, thanks: $31.5 million for implementing …

Freshly released CIA documents on the Bay of Pigs invasion provide new details on the confusion, mixed messages and last-minute changes in plans that ultimately doomed the mission. …