Obama Signs Defense Bill, But Criticizes Provision
President Barack Obama has signed the $633 billion defense bill into law, but has criticized one of its provisions protecting conscience rights.
President Barack Obama has signed the $633 billion defense bill into law, but has criticized one of its provisions protecting conscience rights.
A leading conservative who's resigning from the Senate is predicting that President Barack Obama will win the battle over raising taxes.
Talks between the White House and House Speaker John Boehner on a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" continue out of the public eye.
Despite an intensifying pace, little progress is being reported in talks on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could send the U.S. economy off a "fiscal cliff."
President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass an extension of tax cuts for middle class families, saying a tax increase for them would be like a "lump of coal" for Christmas.
Republican congressional leaders are accusing Democrats of moving the nation closer to the "fiscal cliff," by refusing to outline possible spending cuts.
A new type of storm is on the horizon. The so-called, "fiscal cliff" that threatens to plunge the nation into a new recession.
Roughly 2 million New Jersey homes and businesses are still without power today after the devastation left behind by super storm Sandy. That means almost 5 million people are in the dark.
A new survey finds President Obama and incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez are pulling ahead of their Republican challengers in the Garden State.