Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he would work with other Democrats and the White House to pass a public option through reconciliation if that’s the legislative path the party chooses.

The largest US auto insurer alerted regulators earlier than first believed about a worrying trend of accidents involving Toyota Motor [...]

US President Barack Obama global warming should be called ‘global weirding’.

California is caned three women after they were convicted for adultery under Islamic law, the first time that punishment has been handed out inside the country.

Visual Economics show youVerizon Wireless will allow its subscribers to make Skype calls on nine of its smartphones is [...]

With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, US President Barack Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.

In the age of growing Chinese influence, Thailand becomes another nation that won’t stamp the Dalai Lama’s passport, [...]

Republicans are rejoicing and Democrats reeling in the wake of Scott Brown’s stunning triumph in a special Massachusetts Senate election, a devastating Democratic defeat that triggered soul-searching within US President Barack Obama’s party over how to stem further losses in November’s midterm elections. The White House says that the President will stick to his [...]

Swiss banking group Credit Suisse has agreed to pay a $536m fine for violating US sanctions against Iran. Settlement papers say Credit Suisse systematically hid the identity of its Iranian clients when moving millions of dollars on their behalf.

Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers [...]

President Barack Obama announced he will withdraw all U.S. troops in Afghanistan by July of 2011. This year, however, he will deploy an additional 30,000 soldiers to the now eight year-old conflict. Military officials say although a withdrawal date has been set, it is not guaranteed the war will be over by that date.

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Some two million Muslims headed to Muzdalifa on Thursday after spending the day at the plain of Arafat to prepare to cast stones at the devil in the most dangerous part of the annual haj pilgrimage.

The final stroke in the Republican master plan to retake congress has just been released. It involves [...]