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Letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire would put the United States on a path to balance the budget by 2015, reported the Washington Post. Obama’s former …

Compare two assessments of the American future:

The year before England won the 1966 World Cup, I interviewed its captain, Bobby Moore. Having not long arrived from the antipodes, where “soccer” was a minority sport beloved …

There is no Walmart in Port Clyde, Maine. Or McDonald’s. There is the general store which serves everything from chunky lobster soup to rootbeer floats. And an inn nearby …

Washington - Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Monday that the United States must be prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon …

President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) couldn't have come at a more critical time. Over 44 million …

Washington - The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has announced it will provide an additional 75 million dollars in food aid to help Pakistan cope with floods that …

Washington - With little fanfare, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared Monday that the so-called Great Recession is over, determining that the U.S. economy hit bottom in June …

Nine NATO soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash Tuesday in Afghanistan. Nearly 2,100 NATO troops have died in the nine-year Afghanistan war, with 529 alone this year. Nine …

The stock market shot up on September 13, after new banking regulations called Basel III were announced. Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief. The megabanks, propped …