NEW YORK — James and Jeanne Harmon reside in and supposedly own a five-story brownstone on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a building that has been in their family since 19...
The day after the Greek Parliament approved another round of deep spending cuts in the face of violent protests, President Obama released a budget proposal for the comin...
The story is familiar. Beautiful, talented singer, actor, dancer, and on down the list, succumbs in a tragic likely accident that might have involved drug abuse. Whitney...
The rest of the country might be tiring of it, but the drawn-out, high-decibel battle for the Republican presidential nomination is just fine with the Obama campaign.
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One of the surprising things about this year’s Republican presidential race is how long it’s gone on and how competitive and unpredictable it’s been. What’s different th...
We don’t know whether President Obama watches “The Colbert Report,” but if so, he must have felt a sense of deja vu when he endorsed a supposedly independent “super PAC”...
WASHINGTON — Social Security’s disability program is a political quagmire — and a metaphor for why federal spending and budget deficits are so difficult to control. The ...
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s recent losses to Rick Santorum in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota revealed a truism that Romney might want to study — but not too much!
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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is refreshingly frank, sometimes stunningly so. He outdid himself on a trip to Europe last week, making headlines on two sensitive topi...
President Obama wants to use the tax code to promote manufacturing and deter U.S. corporations from shipping jobs overseas. It’s an appropriate goal; a strong manufactur...