In an attempt to ease the automatic sequester budget cuts, President Barack Obama has again offered to reduce spending on Social Security and Medicare, two "entitlement" programs often targeted by Republicans.
At midnight, the axe falls on massive cuts to the federal budget in the "sequester," a budget adjustment agreed to by Democrats and Republicans back when they agreed on even the stupidest ideas.
The FAA faces $600 million in budget cuts of a debt ceiling agreement isn't reached and the budget enters sequestration, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says. And Republican members of Congress are to blame if it happens.
A meteorite entered Earth's atmosphere and landed in Russia, causing a large blast that has injured as many as 1,000 people, according to reports. Below we've compiled multiple videos of the event.
Since 2001, the U.S. government has implemented a policy of arresting and detaining terrorism suspects, including the use of CIA-run prisons that used torture as a method of extracting information.
In Indiana, Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock lost to a Democrat, while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the state by 10 points.
It's been two years since the revolution in Egypt ousted the government and helped spark the Arab Spring. But rocks are still flying and unrest still rules the day in the North African country.
The Senate's bipartisan Gang of Eight has agreed on an immigration proposal that would include a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.