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President Barack Obama on Tuesday hosts his first state dinner and -- like the US$1.4-trillion deficit -- the darn thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

WASHINGTON -- Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday.

Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday and hundreds greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering.

For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10.

The administration of Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Updated: November 22, 2009, 2:53 PM / The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.

In this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, Rhode Island Republican Gov. Don Carcieri address the media during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Gov.

The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S. leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.

Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.

A new Iowa Poll by The Des Moines Register shows fewer than half of Iowans approve of President Barack Obama's performance in office.

Barack Obama has been criticized for kowtowing to the Chinese and the Russians over the last few months.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as he meets with members of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON -- Rick Warren is on multiple missions. The Christian pastor who spoke the prayer at President Barack Obama's inauguration, a choice that prompted protests from gay rights activists, came here this month to talk about the future of evangelicalism at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.

John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there.

President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.

The sign, completed Friday by artist David Lee , shows a grinning, cartoonish Obama and bears the words "PRESIDENT or JIHAD?" Underneath the president's image is a big yellow square with the phrase, "BIRTH CERTIFICATE, PROVE IT!" The words "WAKE UP AMERICA! REMEMBER FT.

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama.

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving.