US election 2012: Rick Santorum picks up new mega donor
Louisiana energy tycoon William J Dore donated $1 million to the Red, White and Blue Fund last month, a super PAC that is credited with helping the evangelical Catho...
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PAUL'S DELEGATE MATH: Ron Paul may not win the Republican presidential nomination; he hasn't won a single state. But his strategy of trying to collect delegates in c...
U.S., Mexico Sign Deal on Oil Drilling in Gulf
The U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement that would allow oil and gas drilling on more than 1.5 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving a dispute that ha...
U.S. remains optimistic on Iran sanctions
Iran said Monday it has military has launched war games to practice defending its nuclear sites, just as the U.N. began a new round of inspections of those same rese...
U.S. plans to step up aid to Yemen if conditions are met
The Obama administration is prepared to increase assistance to Yemen if its new government moves quickly to restructure its military forces, stem official corruption...
Manufacturing rebounding after painful time: Obama
US President Barack Obama says the painful restructuring of America's manufacturing base means a lot of jobs are gone forever, but not that Americans must 'settle fo...
U.S. military chief dubious about arming Syrian rebels
The United States is not interested in providing weapons to opposition forces in Syria until it has a better picture of what those forces are, the top U.S. military ...
Mexico calls on U.S. to halt flow of weapons to gangs
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday unveiled a large sign with the English message "No more weapons!" on a bridge facing the U.S. border town of El Paso, T...
U.S. House passes Keystone bill, Senate action uncertain
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill on Thursday that would wrest control of a permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline away from Pre...
Kent says U.S. still bullish on Keystone pipeline
Environment Minister Peter Kent on Thursday pressed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the merits of the Keystone XL pipeline and affirmed the Harper governm...










