MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Monday condemned the “unprovoked police brutality” that occurred at the “Occupy Wall Street” protest over the weekend. Video recordings showed female protesters being rounded up in...

WASHINGTON — Spurred on by the White House, divided US Senators moved late Monday to avert a government shutdown at week’s end and defuse an angry battle over disaster relief in Hurricane Irene’s wake. But the emerging deal did not...

Occupy Wall Street protester Kelly Heresy appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss the clashes between New York police officers and the demonstrators. “We are not against the cops,” he said. “The cops are part...

A former Google employee asked President Barack Obama to raise his taxes on Monday at a forum hosted by the LinkedIn social network. “Would you please raise my taxes?” the man asked. Watch video, courtesy of CNN, below:

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont told a press conference on Monday that he would continue to oppose a Republican plan to offset disaster relief with spending cuts. He noted that Republicans had not asked to offset tax breaks for...

Today at XX Factor, I counter a lot of the reporting on a Johns Hopkins-based study of 6 sub-Saharan African nations and the factors that influence sexual frequency.  Researchers found that the more decision-making that a woman did in her...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — US President Barack Obama on Monday complained that Europe’s financial crisis was scaring the world and was rooted in the eurozone’s failure to fix its banks. In a new sign of US frustration about a...

NEW YORK — Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed immunity Monday as he sought the dismissal of a US civil case, accusing a hotel maid of inventing sexual assault claims that derailed his efforts to right the global economy. “As managing director,...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering placing the Haqqani network on its list of terror groups after blaming the militants for deadly attacks in Afghanistan, a US official said Monday. Seven leaders of the Haqqani network, which...

WASHINGTON — Facebook said Monday that it is forming a political action committee (PAC) for employees of the social network to make contributions to candidates. Most large US corporations have established PACs, which are allowed to donate $5,000...

Female protesters took to the streets of Sanaa to demand the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He returned from Saudi Arabia on Friday. More than 450 people have been killed since the start of the protests in January. Watch video,...

Rick Santorum’s 2012 campaign accused rival candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry of being “out of touch” for suggesting in his book that states could legalize the use of marijuana. In his book Fed Up!, Perry said he is personally...

The United States imports a substantial amount of its goods from China, but a small company in South Georgia has reversed that trend by manufacturing and exporting chopsticks. China uses approximately 45 billion wooden chopsticks a year, but the...

Small groups of demonstrators in major American cities have started their own “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations and organizers are planning further actions in more cities across the United States. A diverse coalition of people have...

TRIPOLI — Libya’s transitional justice minister Mohammed al-Alagi said on Monday that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, should not face a new prosecution. His comments came after officials said...