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Tokyo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan removed three top officials in charge of Japanese nuclear energy policy on Thursday, taking aim at cozy ties between regulators and the power …

Washington - Two U.S. administrations declined in recent years to place sanctions on Syrian officials who now are involved in that country's harsh crackdown on dissidents, despite the officials' …

Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done... for the day. Without the knowledge of …

Thirty years ago today, President Ronald Reagan threatened to fire almost 13,000 air traffic controllers unless they called off their strike and returned to work. He then followed through …

TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…

The last-minute deal that Congress is considering to raise the federal debt limit probably will mean trillions of dollars in government spending reductions for most agencies. But one department …

An ailing Hosni Mubarak, who served longer than any ruler of modern Egypt until he was overthrown in a revolution in February, was rolled into a courtroom in a …

With heavy shelling, Syrian tanks stormed through the restive city of Hama on Wednesday, occupying a central square that had witnessed the largest protests against the rule of President …

Washington - Just as Social Security and Medicare benefits were dangled above the shredder in the debt ceiling debate, another of Washington's sacred cows could end up on the …

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) speaks with the press about the debt ceiling deal on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 1, 2011. The bill passed today 74 …