
Republicans are planning to use the main component of the Supreme Court decision upholding President Barack Obama's health-care law—which characterized the individual mandate as a 'tax'—as a weapon to try to repeal it.
The economic downdraft has caused one of the biggest and broadest declines in commodities prices since the financial crisis, surprising producers and creating a glut of raw materials around the world.
India is facing an energy crisis that is slowing economic growth in the world's largest democracy.
London's houseboat residents—many of them alternative-lifestylers who camp on the water for cheap—are racing to find a place to dock after Britain imposed restrictions related to this summer's Olympics.
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The slowdown in hiring and consumer spending is undermining hopes that consumers will come to the rescue of the faltering U.S. economic recovery.
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Unions in Los Angeles are pressing politicians to reject or return Wal-Mart's campaign donations as a way to curb the company's influence as it tries to expand in major cities.
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States across the country are proposing a range of new rules that would make it more difficult for banks to foreclose on troubled homeowners.
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Utility crews untangled downed power lines and tree limbs, working to get the electricity turned back on for millions of Americans facing a second day of 100-degree temperatures without air conditioning.
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Attorneys representing young men who accused Jerry Sandusky of victimizing them say emails indicate former Penn State officials chose not to report acts of alleged abuse.
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Ann Romney's multiple sclerosis has taken her to one of the world's leading MS doctors, participation in a medical study at Harvard, and an unproven therapy called reflexology.
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Democrats and Republicans have found one more thing to disagree about: In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's health-care ruling, Democrats want to change the subject. Republicans don't.
Exit polls predicted that Mexico's former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party had swept back into power in Sunday's presidential election.
A plan by world powers for a Syrian political transition appeared doomed Sunday, with Bashar al-Assad's regime interpreting the outcome as a fresh lifeline from Russia.
Turkey on Sunday reiterated its position that Syria shot down its jet in international airspace, denying an article that cited U.S. officials who said the plane was most likely downed with shore-based antiaircraft guns over Syrian waters.
President Mohammed Morsi faces a bitter fight with Egypt's military leadership over cabinet posts in the next government after becoming the country's first freely elected leader on Saturday.
With the European Union oil embargo taking full effect Sunday, Iran is stepping up its efforts to ensure its oil industry can withstand the sanctions.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron said he is prepared to consider a referendum on the U.K.'s relationship with Europe, a move that could cause tension with his coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats.
Spain's finance minister on Sunday said the nation's economy likely deteriorated further in the second quarter and the French government warned it will cut its economic growth forecasts for this year and next.
In a signal that the world's second-largest economy hasn't bottomed out, China's manufacturing activity last month grew at the slowest pace since November.
Clashing visions for the future were on display as Chinese President Hu and Hong Kong's new chief executive emphasized social harmony while tens of thousands of protesters marched against Beijing and the local government.
Fresh incentives to provide renewable energy for Japan are drawing private companies into the sector—but experts say the new measures will do little to lift electricity production.
Japan put its first reactor back online following a two-month hiatus without nuclear power, as concerns over possible power shortages won out for the time being over safety fears.
Allegations that senior Rwandan government officials supported an army mutiny in the Democratic Republic of Congo have heightened tensions between the neighbors.
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Facebook executives have decided to keep the company's stock listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, despite lingering frustration with the exchange's bungling of its widely anticipated initial public offering.
The final HSBC China Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, fell to 48.2 in June compared with 48.4 in May.
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Financial markets seem to have gotten another reprieve from worries about Europe. But attention is now turning to the U.S., where concerns over political stalemate threaten to dominate the second half of 2012.
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