The White House is focusing on re-election themes such as jobs and public works projects in President Barack Obama's new budget blueprint while relying on

Rick Santorum has taken his first national lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new poll that put him ahead of Mitt

A Maryland man was facing criminal charges Saturday after he allegedly used illegal fireworks to blow up a gingerbread house on his porch, injuring his wife in

Egyptian police on Saturday arrested an Australian journalist, an American student and their Egyptian translator on suspicion of paying Egyptians to stage

The US military's Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs require an "urgent" upgrade, according to Pentagon officials who are trying to ensure that 20 of the giant

A famously reluctant political spouse, Michelle Obama says she is embracing her husband's campaign this time around, but her openness to hitting the trail

A Boeing worker who became trapped under a 787 Dreamliner being towed at Washington state's Paine Field a week ago has had both his legs amputated below the

The battle over the Obama administration's contraceptive coverage rule continued even after an amendment to the policy was announced Friday, as the US

A Playboy Playmate and astrologist is suing the New York Police Department after cops allegedly manhandled her during an incident in 2006.

President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Americans to pressure their representatives into passing the payroll tax cut extension, warning that 160 million

UK police arrested eight people Saturday, including a serving member of Britain's armed forces, over claims of illegal payments to police and public officials

Iran will make a "very important" announcement on its nuclear program within days, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday.

An Illinois man was sentenced Friday by a federal judge in Rhode Island to more than three years in prison for shipping unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes

The US government could lose $2.7 billion as a result of the loans and loan guarantees it offered to clean-energy companies, according to a White

The son of "There's Something About Mary" director Bobby Farrelly died this week, aged 20, after what his family described as his "struggle with addiction."