The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed bitterly fought, compromise debt-limit legislation Monday night that would prevent a U.S. default on its obligations but at a cost of deep cuts in government spending. The measure still must gain approval in the Senate before it goes to the White House where President Barack Obama has promised to [...]

US President Barack Obama called for immediate beginning of an orderly transition in Egypt, which has witnessed massive protests seeking the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. “What is clear, and what I indicated tonight to President Mubarak, is my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin [...]

Barack Obama wants business innovation to be the bedrock of the revival of the American economy and the US President says his country should use its advantage in innovation to create more jobs. By promoting business innovation and spurring new products and technologies, America will unleash the talent and ingenuity of American workers and businesses [...]

A US Congresswoman was struggling for her life at an Arizona hospital following a shooting incident at a public event in Tuscon that killed at least six persons and injured several others. Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding a public meeting at a Safeway grocery store in Tuscon, Arizona, when the incident happened. John Roll, [...]

US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law the repeal of the military’s ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, thereby allowing gays to openly serve in the army. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Obama said the law will strengthen national security and uphold the ideals that the country’s fighting men and women risk their lives to [...]