With the midterm election season underway, public opinion of the Affordable Care Act could hinder Democrats in the voting booths. According to new polling figures, the mandate for every American to receive health insurance, or Obamacare, received a 52 percent disapproval rating, but opinions to repeal the law decreased.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has drawn some attention to himself after comparing being a homosexual to being an alcoholic at an appearance in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Republican members of Congress on Tuesday warned the Obama administration that its recent "risk corridors" program - a backup plan where taxpayer dollars go into the Affordable Care Act to cover insurers that lost money - violates federal law.
On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testified before a committee about the release of Sgt. Bergdahl in exchange for the release of five Taliban prisoners.
Critics are blaming the Obama Administration Many immigration officials and lawmakers are criticizing President Barack Obama for classifying the surge of undocumented immigrants coming from Central America to the United States as an "urgent humanitarian situation.
The FBI announced that it has launched a criminal investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs weeks after it was reported that long treatment delays at VA hospitals allegedly led to the death of 40 vets.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's loss was a "shock" to many, but new polling figures showed the Virginia congressman was "deeply unpopular" within his own state. According to a Public Policy Polling survey Tuesday night, Cantor had a 65 percent disapproval rating in his district. Cantor's approval rating was only 30 percent.
While the movement to legalize marijuana continues to gain momentum and shift public opinion in favor of the drug, a new study links pot to a growing number of fatal traffic accidents.
Islamist militants have captured the city of Tikrit, Iraq after the seizure of Mosul Tuesday. Islamist militants have taken hold of the northern city of Tikrit, Iraq a day after militants seized Mosul, the second-largest city in the country.
Hours after Tuesday's shooting at an Oregon high school where an alleged teen gunmen shot a 14-year-old male student dead and injured a teacher before reportedly killing himself, President Barack Obama rebuked members of Congress for its failure to pass comprehensive firearm legislation.
Russia and Ukraine reached a stalemate Wednesday in talks over gas prices. Gas talks between Russia and Ukraine reached a stalemate Wednesday when Ukraine rejected Russia's gas price cut offer after a disagreement over European gas supplies.
The excitement is growing for the June 11 Powerball jackpot, which has risen to a whopping $257 million. The drawing will take place Wednesday at 11 p.m. EDT.
The White House is expected to transfer more detainees out of Guantanamo Bay in an effort to fulfill President Barack Obama's promise to shutdown the U.S. military prison, according to The Los Angeles Times.
