A historic nuclear energy deal between India and the United States is hanging in the balance due to political opposition in New Delhi, but could still be saved if it reaches the U.S. Congress early next year. Communist allies of Prime Minister Manmoh
An East Valley eighth-grader was suspended this week after he turned in homework with a sketch that school officials said resembled a gun and posed a threat to his classmates.
Ohio's method of conducting elections with electronic voting machines appears to have created a true privacy nightmare for state residents: Revealing who voted for which candidates.
Four major banks said Wednesday they each borrowed $500 million from the Federal Reserve's discount window, lending weight to the central bank's efforts to restore liquidity to tight markets. In going public with the moves, Citigroup Inc.,
The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki will become "more precarious" over the next six months to a year, and while its security forces have improved they are not strong enough to operate without outside help
A prolonged US housing slump is causing a surge in the number of job losses announced by US financial services companies, consulting firm Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc. said on Tuesday. The financial industry has announced 87,962 job cuts
A House committee chairman led the criticism Wednesday about the Bush adminstration's claim that a White House office involved in a dispute over missing e-mails can keep records from the public. The Justice Dept detailed the arguement in a lawsu
A disbeliever in both the Fed and fiat currencies 10 reasons to own gold as rebuts 3 arguments for not owning gold are presented. There is also a discussion about plays on gold and silver with no downside risk. Individuals have to decide if and how t
A top Taliban commander said Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden is alive and well, according to US-based analysts monitoring extremist publications.
"All praise be to Allah, he is extremely healthy and active," the commander Mansour Dad
A Black Hawk helicopter went down Wednesday in northern Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard, the military said, the deadliest crash since January 2005.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, meanwhile, lashed out at American criticism a day after P
Slowly but deliberately, U.S. forces are enlisting groups of armed men -- many probably former insurgents -- and paying cash, a strategy they say has dramatically reduced violence in some of Iraq's most dangerous areas in just weeks.
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Weaker minds in the U.S. Senate are determined that China revalue its currency. Up it must go. Leaving aside abysmal logic, the historical precedent of America’s revaluation of the Chinese currency is a sorry episode of U.S. foreign policy. The earli
"We're certainly not at the end of the story. There are question marks surrounding the development of the American economy. ... People who had neither income nor capital got credit with very attractive conditions. Now reality is striking bac
The witch hunt has begun. French president Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to hunt down the "speculators". Germany's Angela Merkel is eyeing laws to curtail hedge funds. The US Congress is orchestrating a show trial of "predatory lenders
People are not beholden to the Government, but rather the Government is beholden to the people. Never let anyone tell you Ron Paul can't win. He only needs 51% of the vote. That only happens when you tell everyone you know about Ron Paul and the
The credit crisis that has hit home mortgages and shaken worldwide financial markets is turning into a political albatross for President Bush and Republican presidential contenders, piling atop an unpopular war in Iraq and eroding traditional GOP cla
The Kucinich campaign is still awaiting an official response from ABC News about the unexplained – some have charged "inexplicable" - way in which the network has handled its post-debate online coverage of Ohio Congressman and Democratic Pr
I had to wipe Earl Grey tea spray from my computer screen as I laughed and watched the very entertaining Ron Paul is the Matrix YouTube on the Lew Rockwell Breaking News blog. The Matrix–Ron Paul connection is a perfect fit.
The Mounties and Quebec provincial police deny using agents provocateurs at this week's Montebello summit, despite video evidence that suggests undercover cops tried to incite violence...
The pudgy, pasty, and exceedingly creepy founder of 'Perverted Justice', the online vigilante group that NBC News pays to lure in gap-toothed perverts for Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator," narrowly escaped a taste of his own
He's known as "Dr. No" for all his votes against government spending. But Texas Congressman Ron Paul isn't saying no to millions of dollars in earmarks for his district.
Political pundit James Carville on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee seeks "the bumper sticker slogan that will carry us through the 2008 elections.” Read the 4 top contenders under consideration.
The Bill of Rights sputtered and died. Congress has failed to do its simple duty. What are a people to do? Change their minds about government and elect a candidate who is committed to the Constitution, Ron Paul.
The Food and Drug Administration approved a widely used adult psychiatric drug for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Risperdal is the No. 3 anti-psychotic drug with $2.3 billion in sales in 2005
(Thanks to George Bush) Vladimir Putin announced amibitious plans to revive Russia's military power and restore its role as the world's leading producer of military aircraft yesterday. Speaking at the opening of the largest airshow in Russia
In his last Channel 4 series, Root of all Evil?, the evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins explored how organised faith and primitive religious values blight our lives. But the fault line runs deeper even than religion.
Politics is usually about division. But this campaign is just the opposite. Not only are our volunteers a bunch of happy warriors, but they also practice the virtues of tolerance and peace, just as they want the nation to do.