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The information war over the natural gas drilling practice commonly called "fracking" is heating up as filmmaker Josh Fox responds to an industry attempt to debunk his hit film …

Keep those Stars And Stripes unfurled; Wave them high and Rule the world. It's a lot of work being an empire. Expensive, but well worth it. Americans make up …

It was a branding moment. With their lockstep vote against extending unemployment benefits, the Republicans are indelibly marked as not only heartless but also frivolous in their much-professed concern …

Back in the bad old days of the Cold War — when mutual nuclear annihilation was a policy option — a culture of secrecy arose in Washington. What wise …

The most wrong assumption in the sci-fi movie classic "2001: A Space Odyssey" was that technology would liberate humans from a life of hassle. Made 42 years ago, Stanley …

It is tempting to begin a sentence about today's Republican Party with the words, "Just when you thought they couldn't get any dumber," but then you realize you're talking …

Hundreds of National Guard troops are expected to begin their deployment to the US-Mexico border on August 1 as part of the Obama administration's attempt to halt the flow …

Washington - With a broad smile and the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama capped a contentious 18-month struggle and signed into law Wednesday the broadest revamp of …

Despite calls to reconsider the decision, the Obama administration is standing with the Department of Agriculture's firing of a USDA employee accused of racial bias, the AP reports.

North Korea sanctions announced by Hilary Clinton on her visit to South Korea's DMZ Wednesday are a display of solidarity to ease South Korean concerns about the American commitment. …