Congressional Republicans asserted on Wednesday that new emails show a former Internal Revenue Service official delibe…

A state judge struck down Colorado's gay marriage ban on Wednesday, saying the prohibition violated constitutional…

President Barack Obama rejected demands from Texas Governor Rick Perry and others that he visit the border where a chi…

Congressional Republicans asked the Obama administration on Wednesday to provide documents related to last month's…

The Republican Governors Association, a group led by possible presidential hopeful Chris Christie, will announce Thurs…

The father of Nicole Brown Simpson, the slain ex-wife of retired American football star O.J. Simpson, has died, a fam…

Richard Mellon Scaife, the Pittsburgh area billionaire who helped finance the rise of the conservative movement in Ame…

Jessica Simpson married former NFL player Eric Johnson in southern California on Saturday, People magazine reported. …

As Paris Haute Couture week gathered pace on its second day, Raf Simons offered a walk through history at Christian Di…

Actor Harrison Ford is recuperating from surgery after breaking his leg, but the injury on the set of "Star Wars:…

Pharrell Williams gave a slick concert for a pumped-up crowd at the Montreux Jazz Festival on Monday night, but some f…

The United Nations' gender equality body UN Women on Tuesday appointed British actress Emma Watson, best known for…

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The past 15 years of bubbles and busts notwithstanding, sometimes it may be best to just assume financial markets have…

Should seniors pay more for Medicare? Republicans think so; they have repeatedly called for replacing the current prog…

A surge of investment in alternative mutual funds has caught the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commiss…

Deutsche Bank AG said its asset and wealth management unit was back on track after two years of restructuring, and was…

Investors poured $72.2 billion into hedge funds worldwide in the first five months of 2014, marking their strongest fi…

A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit against the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by a former broker who al…

Wall Street's self-regulator said on Tuesday it is conducting examinations of 10 firms to ensure they are in comp…

China and the United States need to manage their differences, the leaders of both countries said on Wednesday at the s…

Both candidates claimed victory in Indonesia's presidential election on Wednesday, suggesting there could be a dra…

Dubai airline Emirates [EMIRA.UL] finalized a $56 billion order to buy 150 Boeing ( id="symbol_BA.N_0"> B…

As global watchdogs warn that euphoric financial markets are divorced from economic reality and acting out some repris…

Russia has given the green light for career diplomat John Tefft to be appointed U.S. ambassador to Moscow, an aide to …

Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has asked Moscow to extend his asylum in Russia, his lawyer said o…

Ukrainian government forces on Wednesday warned separatists in the eastern town of Donetsk that a plan was now in plac…

Iraqi security forces found 53 corpses, blindfolded and handcuffed, south of Baghdad on Wednesday as Shi'ite and K…

German politicians reacted angrily on Wednesday to news of a suspected U.S. spy in the defense ministry, which came da…