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Washington - The good news is that President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan is “on track.” The bad news is that the track runs in a circle. There have been …

Think back to the good old days just before the world financial system exploded. Remember all the talk then of “decoupling”? What advocates of the decoupling thesis had in …

According to a recent CNN poll, three out of four Americans believe the recession is not over. Unemployment has not been this high for this long in most Americans’ …

   

Washington - The Barack Obama administration is preparing a new batch of sanctions against Iran to be announced next week in advance of nuclear talks in Turkey. Two Iran …

“Reality Bites Back,” a new book on the phenomenon of unscripted television programming from feminist media critic Jennifer Pozner, distills into 386 pages an entire decade full of the …

Goongbaar, Sudan - Hidden behind a cluster of mud huts on the banks of Sudan's White Nile, youthful soldiers perch atop Soviet-era battle tanks and anti-aircraft-mounted trucks, the dark …

Washington - I'm hoping for the moment when a federal judge picked by a Democratic president strikes down the health care law. Or when a Republican-appointed judge upholds it. …

After unveiling his formal review of the White House strategy in Afghanistan Thursday, President Obama admitted that the war “continues to be a difficult endeavor,” but stated that "we …

Washington - A reluctant House of Representatives early Friday voted 277-148 to approve sweeping tax legislation aimed at boosting the nation's struggling economy. The vote, just before the stroke …