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Washington - A diplomatic cable from last February released by Wikileaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile programme refuted the U.S. suggestion …

Congressional Republicans are apparently intent on a big showdown with Elizabeth Warren, who is currently building up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This is very good news …

Seoul, South Korea - For the first time, North Korea made its uranium enrichment program a matter of written record Tuesday with the proud claim in the country’s leading …

Chicago - Never mind the actual issue of how to deal with unwieldy immigration laws or their reform, today let's look at the long-brewing war between those who use …

The co-chairs of the 18-member deficit commission issued a preliminary presentation two weeks ago that favored tax breaks for the wealthy and left open the possibility of deep cuts …

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., says that as of this morning she had not been shown the latest proposal of the White House deficit commission, even as she says it …

It’s finally coming into focus, and it’s not even a difficult equation to grasp. It goes like this: take a country in the grips of an expanding national security …

This is the way the euro ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bank run. OK, I’m overstating the case — we are still a long way from …

Coal production is becoming increasingly unpopular in the United States. Not a single coal plant has broken ground anywhere in the country in almost two full years. It's truly …

Washington - The debate over the “don't ask don't tell” policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military will heat up Tuesday when the Pentagon issues a …