After a lengthy post-election spell in which domestic concerns such as immigration, gun control, psychotic former law-enforcement officials and ill-fated sea vessels dominated the news, stodgier issues...

President Barack Obama is running out of time to cement his legacy as the 44th president of the United States. Upon entering their second term, presidents often experience a honeymoon period in which...

These are great times to be a Democrat. Over the last 10 months, Obamacare survived its Supreme Court challenge, the president outfoxed Mitt Romney on the campaign trail and Republicans imploded in Senate...

In August 2011, the White House and Congress reached an agreement on deficit reduction that many thought was a smart move. If no deal for long-term deficit reduction was in place by Jan. 1, 2013 then a...

I like to keep my sports and my politics separate: what I deem the “separation of sport and state.” While reading The New York Times sports section this past week, there was a link to President  Barack...