President Barack Obama is facing the prospect of a fiscal fight with Congress, with both sides having three weeks to break funding impasses or risk government default. Two crucial votes are on the horizon for the divided and gridlocked Congress,...

Arkansas state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson (R) recently learned why a good guy with a gun isn’t always the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun. During an “active shooter” training exercise, Hutchinson accidentally shot a...

A giant “terror bird” deemed to have been one of Earth’s top predators after the demise of the dinosaurs was in fact probably a plant-loving herbivore, German scientists reported on Thursday. Palaeontologists have wrangled for...

A lawyer for army private Chelsea Manning says the soldier is doing well as she goes through the indoctrination process at military prison. David Coombs said on his blog on Thursday that he was able to speak with Manning, previously known as...

Chicago Marathon organizers and city officials Thursday announced new procedures designed to improve security in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings in April. The race on October 13 will mark the first major marathon in a US city...

Hundreds of people protested at New York’s Times Square on Thursday over possible US plans to strike Syria’s regime which it believes to be behind a deadly chemical attack. Supporters of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, backers of...

We shouldn’t bomb every country that does something bad, Florida Congressman Alan Grayson (D) said on Thursday. The progressive Democrat told CNN he was opposed to a U.S. military strike against Syria over its alleged use of chemical...

Auliea Hanlon told CNN on Thursday the month-long sentence of her daughter’s admitted rapist and former teacher was “horrific.” Yellowstone County District Judge G. Todd Baugh suspended all but 30 days of a 15-year sentence for...

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday it was clear parliament “does not want to see British military action” in Syria after the government suffered a stunning defeat on the issue. A government motion calling for...

New DNA evidence could help exonerate a man on death row in the US state of Texas for the murder of his girlfriend and her two adult sons, his lawyers claimed Thursday. Hank Skinner, 51, has been on death row for 20 years over the 1993 triple...

President Barack Obama is little more than a dope-smoking stooge of secret communists, according to one tea party activist. “Remember, Obama has been running for president his whole life,” World Net Daily contributor Jerome Corsi...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England, has warned Christians that their views on sexual orientation were beginning to look like an “atrocious injustice”. Justin Welby spoke at the opening of the Evangelical...

UN weapons inspectors have been ordered to leave Syria early amid mounting anticipation of US-led military strikes. As the five permanent members of the security council held a second emergency meeting on Syria in two days on Thursday evening,...

The CIA has mushroomed into the largest US spy agency with a nearly $15 billion budget as it expands intelligence, cyber sabotage and overseas covert operations, secret leaked documents showed Thursday. Former National Security Agency contractor...

The United States hinted Thursday it could act alone to punish Syria for a chemical weapons attack, following hesitation by its closest ally Britain and a deadlock at the United Nations. The Obama administration also denied that public...