WASHINGTON (AP) -- Racing against the clock, the White House reached agreement with congressional Republicans late Monday on a deal to prevent across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts to go
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the \fiscal cliff\ offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a deadline to
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama on Sunday pledged to put his \full weight\ behind legislati
Last December, Mikhail Sebastian decided to take a New Year's trip to American Samoa, but when he tried to board his flight to return home to Los Angeles, he was barred. U.S.
The film 'Life of Pi' is fiction, but the last line is true: \Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr Patel
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jennifer Perry isn't much of a drinker.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Ba
It was a year of storms, of raging winds and rising waters, but also broader turbulence that strained our moorings.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The end game at hand, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday to prevent a toxic blend of middle-class tax increases and spending
HONOLULU (AP) -- Incoming U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz was sworn into office Thursday afternoon, a day after being appointed by Hawaii Gov.