Speaking Tuesday at an annual dinner honoring the late Jack Kemp, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said the federal government could have taken the trillion dollars it spent last year on welfare programs and instead given a...
(Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday prevented a simple majority vote on a proposal to give Democratic PresidentBarack Obama unilateral power to raise the debt limit. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brought...
President Obama threw down a warning to House Speaker John Boehner on the U.S. debt ceiling, tell business leaders he “won’t play that game” if Republicans in Congress try to use the debt ceiling...
More than 200 people have been detained in Jordan after taking part in anti-austerity protests last month.
A Detroit city council member is asking President Obama to bail out the financially troubled city in return for residents’ overwhelmingly supporting his successful re-election bid. “There ought to be a quid pro quo,”...
Fact: Young and jobless – 14.4% of those in early 20s were unemployed in 2011. The national rate was 8.5%
George Osborne is dealt a blow on the morning of the Autumn Statement as a key survey of Britain’s services raises the prospect of a “triple-dip” into recession. An unexpected slowdown in Britain’s vast...
You won’t believe what camouflage is coming until you see troops disappear. Chris Lawrence reports.
On land, in the air, and on the water, China shows off an increasingly professional military as territorial disputes in the South China Sea fester. Tara Joseph reports.
(Reuters) – Vietnam condemned on Tuesday China’s claims to disputed South China Sea islands as a serious violation of its sovereignty after saying it was setting up patrols to protect its fisheries and accusing Chinese boats...
