Clinton Popularity Prompts Buyer’s Remorse
Enlarge image Clinton Popularity Prompts Buyer’s Remorse Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images Secreatry of State Hillary Clinton arrives at the Elysee palace for a meeting with french President Nicolas Sarkozy prior to... Read more »
Palestinians See Slim Hopes for Averting Showdown on Statehood
Enlarge image Palestinians See Slim Hopes for Averting Showdown Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images A Palestinian youth waves a flag in support of Palestine becoming a UN recognized nation in front of... Read more »
Boehner Asks Debt Panel to Take on Tax Breaks, Reject Hike
Enlarge image John Boehner Asks Panel to Reject Tax Rate Hikes Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg John Boehner spoke in May to Wall Street leaders at the Economic Club of New York, where... Read more »
Cyber Attack Threats Added to U.S., Australia Defense Treaty
The U.S. and Australia agreed to include cyber warfare in the potential conflicts covered under their 60-year-old military treaty as their defense and foreign ministers meet in San Francisco. U.S.... Read more »
Panetta Says Pakistan Haven for Afghan Attacks Is ‘Unacceptable’
Enlarge image Pakistan Haven After Afghan Attacks ‘Unacceptable’ Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images Afghan security personnel stand alert in front of a building in Kabul from where Taliban fighters attacked the most... Read more »
Perry Courts Evangelical Voters in Urging `Christian Values’ as Guide
Enlarge image Texas Governor Rick Perry Patrick Semansky/Bloomberg Rick Perry, governor of Texas. Rick Perry, governor of Texas. Photographer: Patrick Semansky/Bloomberg Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, in an appeal to... Read more »
Obama Plan to Tax Health Insurance Stirs Opposition
Enlarge image Obama Plan to Begin Taxing Health Insurance Stirs Opposition Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama speaks on his proposed jobs legislation in Columbus, Ohio. A proposal in the... Read more »
Perry’s Merck Donations Raise Questions About Vaccine Mandate
Texas Governor Rick Perry ‘s decision to require pre-teen girls to be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer has ignited debate over whether the presidential hopeful used his... Read more »
Supercommittee May Get Push From Senators to Increase Savings
Congress’s deficit-cutting supercommittee may receive a push to increase its $1.5 trillion savings target from a bipartisan group of about 25 senators. The informal group, about evenly split between Democrats... Read more »
Poll: 72% See U.S. Economy on Wrong Course
Enlarge image Pessimism Surges as 72% See U.S. Economy on Wrong Course Scott Eells/Bloomberg Only 27 percent of Americans say they are better off now than in January 2009, when... Read more »