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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Air Force base hosting a combined U.S.-Israeli military drill. "I think the IDF and the U.S. Armed Forces are creating a new path, and the goal is to defend Israel," Netanyahu said Tuesday...

With the nation's unemployment rate at its highest point in 26 years and projected to rise, the Obama administration is intensifying its search for policies that can stoke job creation without adding significantly to the nation's crippling budget deficit. One...

The salsa icon was in the back yard of the White House on Tuesday night, delivering a riveting version of "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" ("Your Love Makes Me Feel Good"). The environs might have been stately, but Anthony doesn't...

Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a member of Feingold's subcommittee. "We want him surrounded by the best and brightest, but we also want there to be oversight,"

Obama reportedly lit the ceremonial diya (oil lamp) amidst chanting of mantras and bowed respectfully before a Hindu priest. Hindi a-cappella group of students at the University of Pennsylvania which combines South Asian music with a Western musical style, performed....

not terrorism suspects -- should get priority to receive the vaccine.  

Rowling Snubbed by Bush White House for Promoting Witchcraft Think Progress reports: The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the...

With “change” comes a president who will use the power of his office (’cause he ain’t bad enough to do it himself) and target those who dissent. The ill will between the White House and Glenn Beck is no secret....

The latest skirmish between conservatives and the Obama administration — the proliferation of "czars" named by the president to handle pressing issues — is prompting efforts in Congress to put limits on the White House. Lawmakers from both political parties...

Ten Republican senators have written to National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman, expressing concern that the Obama administration may have violated federal law by trying to use the agency for political purposes -- something the White House and...