Chinese Hackers

When he meets President Xi Jinping next week in California, President Barack Obama is expected to raise cyber-security as one of the most pressing issues in the US-China relationship.

Student loan debt

The tough economy and tight job market is resulting in a generation of college grads that are out of work and drowning under hefty student loan debt.This harsh reality has many grads struggling to find their next move.

Obama and Christie meet again

Michele Bachmann

Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann, who last year ran for the Republican presidential nomination, announced on Wednesday that she will stand down from her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Marketplace

One thing that keeps many people from trying freelancing is fear of going broke.

Banksters attack Syria to enslave America

Israel bombs Syria and threatens Iran. Russia moves its warships into the Mediterranean, and furnishes Syria with advanced anti-aircraft weapons.

Syrian Army inflicts heavy losses on foreign-backed militants

On Thursday, a number of militants from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front terrorist group were killed in intense clashes with Syrian soldiers in the al-Rihaniyya district of the city, located 348 kilometers (216 miles) northwest of Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported.

The summer months plans

The FBI Can Say ’No

James Comey is the grandson of an Irish cop. But it’s not the policeman in his DNA that makes him the right choice to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It’s his deep understanding of the power of secret intelligence.

Apple tax avoidance

Apple Inc.'s tax strategies came under harsh scrutiny Tuesday in the Senate, where lawmakers are finding it far easier to call for a simpler tax code than to produce one.

The Internal Revenue Service

The recent US scandal over efforts by the nation’s taxing authority, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in targeting right-wing groups and individuals that supported President Barack Obama’s Republican opponent in the 2012 presidential election appears to gain new dimensions.

IRS scandal letters

The scandal of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting the conservative political groups is deepening as more evidence is emerging from other cities and agents. On May 14, a nearly 50-page report by the IRS inspector general claimed a few low-level staff members of the Cincinnati office were responsible for the tea party flap.

China's appetite for pork

China's Shuanghui International plans to buy Smithfield Foods Inc (SFD.N) for $4.7 billion to feed a growing Chinese appetite for U.S. pork, but the proposed takeover of the world's No. 1 producer has stirred concern in the United States.

Climate change may be making stronger storms

Michele Bechmann

A group of US lawmakers have taken an ‘anti-terror’ trip to Russia and are due to meet with head of the Chechen Republic, cited by human rights groups as a brutal ruler involved in numerous cases of torture and killing of dissidents.

White House: Holder did not lie under oath

The White House on Wednesday defended Attorney General Eric Holder from accusations that he lied under oath to Congress regarding his involvement in the monitoring of a Fox News reporter’s email account.“It seems self-evident that that charge is inaccurate,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters. “Based on the published reports that I have seen, I have seen no conflict between what the attorney general said and published reports.”

Attorney General Eric Holder

The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his May 15 testimony on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) surveillance of reporters.

Soviet work ethic

Any discussion about the Russian work ethic inevitably ends up focusing on the Soviet Union, which did more than any other period in the country's history to corrupt work habits. Although much has improved since the Soviet collapse, Russians haven't been able to shake off some of the worst legacies of the Soviet work ethic.

Underage social media users

14-year-old Carolina Pichhio jumped to her death earlier this year after being subjected to cyber bullying. Social networking sites like Facebook require users to be at least 13 years old to allow them to have an account. But is 13 old enough for a boy or girl to navigate the complex world of social media?

European politics

Europe’s leaders should take advantage of the coming political cycle to strengthen its democratic legitimacy Most political leaders in Europe want the European Union (EU) to emerge from its current crisis stronger and more united. However, the economic policies that have been implemented in most EU countries since the crisis began have given rise to an unprecedented threat to deeper integration — and, indeed, to what already has been achieved.