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• Clinton Leaves Hospital after Treatment for Clot
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was released from a New York hospital on Wednesday, three days after doctors discovered a blood clot in her head.
• Al-Jazeera Buys Current TV from Al Gore
  Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, boosting its reach nearly ninefold to about 40 million homes.
• Sen. Shelby: US in Danger of European Style Debt Crisis
  The United States risks a debt crisis just like Europe's if we don't get our act together soon on the budget, says Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.
• House to Vote On Partial Sandy Relief Funding Friday
  The House will vote Friday on legislation to provide part of the $60 billion in relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy in New York and New Jersey. A vote on the remainder of the aid will come on Jan. 15.
• Aurora Victims’ Families: Theater’s Gala Reopening Event 'Disgusting'
  The Colorado movie theater where a crazed gunman killed 12 people is facing a boycott by the families of the victims who say plans for a grand reopening are disgusting and motivated by greed.
• Bowles, Simpson: ‘Washington Missed Magic Moment’ on Budget
  Budget-deficit-reduction devotees Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson rue Congress inability to come up with a more comprehensive fiscal-cliff solution than the one it just passed.
• Fuming Christie Blasts Boehner, Congress for Stalled Sandy Relief
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is furious at House Speaker John Boehner's decision not to hold a vote Tuesday night on a Superstorm Sandy disaster relief aid package, laying the blame for failure of Congress to pass the $60 billion in aid squarely on his fellow Republican.
• Dow Surges 308 Points After Cliff Deal but Problems Lurk
  U.S. stocks kicked off the new year with their best day in over a year on Wednesday, sparked by relief over a last-minute deal in Washington to avert the fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts that threatened to derail the economy's growth.
• Obama Continues Use of Renditions in Fight Against Terror
  The lack of options for detaining and dealing with suspects in overseas terror cases has found the Obama administration continuing renditions and interrogations on foreign soil before bringing suspects to the U.S. for trial.
• Christie, Obama Attack GOP for Dropping Ball on Sandy Aid
  Republicans and Democrats from New York and New Jersey lashed out at House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday for pulling legislation on Hurricane Sandy aid, demanding that he reverse course and allow a vote as their constituents continue to struggle with the aftermath of...
• Jeb Bush: GOP 'Shortsighted' on Some Issues
  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, considered a Republican frontrunner for the 2016 presidential election, says the GOP lacks foresight on some issues and is perceived as too exclusive a political party.
• Poll: 62 Percent of Voters Favor Comprehensive Spending Cuts
  A hefty 62 percent of likely voters favor across-the-board spending cuts in the federal budget, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll.
• Peter King Blasts Republicans after Sandy Relief Package Ignored
  Republican congressman Peter King is angrily hinting he ll quit the GOP after House Speaker John Boehner failed to put a $60 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package up for vote on Tuesday night. I m going to do what I have to do, I m going to be independent minded, as John...
• Toomey on Debt Limit: Republicans Must Be Willing to Force Shutdown
  Sen. Pat Toomey warned Wednesday of a possible government shutdown if President Barack Obama insists on raising the nation's debt limit again in February without making significant cuts in federal spending.
• Michael Moore: I No Longer Support American Troops and Their 'Rogue' Bosses
  Oscar-winning director Michael Moore says he's through with supporting the men and women of America's military.
• GOP Rep. Landry: Obama Got Boehner to Flip
  Louisiana Republican Rep. Jeff Landry slammed House Speaker John Boehner today over the fiscal cliff deal that passed Congress overnight, saying President Barack Obama was able to get the Ohio Republican to flip on his promises. The president was able to get the speaker to...
• Report: GOP Conservatives May Revolt Against Boehner
  Republican House Speaker John Boehner may be on his way out Thursday, if some of his fellow GOP representatives who want him out can find someone to take his place, according to American Majority Action Spokesman Ron Meyer. At least 20 House Republican members have gotten...
• US Still Faces Political Fights on Spending, Debt
  A last-minute deal will keep the U.S. from driving off the so-called fiscal cliff, but higher taxes and continued political fighting in Washington threaten to shake the fragile economy well into 2013.A bill passed by Congress late Tuesday averts widespread tax increases...
• Despite Deal, Taxes to Rise for Most Americans
  The tax package negotiated by President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans and passed by Congress will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase. But that doesn't mean that most of them won't see their taxes rise.In fact, the vast majority of workers will...
• China: America 'Kicks Can' Towards 'Fiscal Abyss'
  The last-minute U.S. deal over tax increases has fixed one problem, but the world's largest economy must get to grips with a budget deficit that threatens not a fiscal cliff but a fiscal abyss , China's Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.The state news agency said in a...
• World Markets Rally after Fiscal Cliff Deal
  Markets breathed a huge sigh of relief Wednesday that U.S. lawmakers finally agreed on a budget deal that will stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that risked plunging the world's biggest economy into recession.Stocks around the...
• Obama Flies Back to Hawaii After Warning GOP on Spending
  President Barack Obama departed the White House on Tuesday to resume his Hawaii vacation shortly after Congress approved legislation that raises taxes on the wealthiest Americans and avoids the "fiscal cliff" of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts.
• VP: Chavez Knows How Serious His Condition Is
  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is aware that his condition is complicated following a fourth cancer operation in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday, as the OPEC nation watches for clues to the socialist leader's health.
• Doctors Confident Hillary Will Make Full Recovery
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to recover in a New York hospital where she's being treated for a blood clot in her head. Her doctors are confident she will make a full recovery.
• NKorea's Kim Pleads for End to Confrontation with South
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an end to confrontation between the two Koreas, technically still at war in the absence of a peace treaty to end their 1950-53 conflict, in a surprise New Year's broadcast on state media.

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