President Barack Obama on Wednesday brushed aside a sharp rebuke at the polls on the first anniversary of his historic election.

United States President Barack Obama on Friday launched a historic direct appeal to the Iranian people, urging an end to decades of animosity.

An award-winning rapper and a Detroit policeman facing cocaine and money laundering charges are among the first to have won a pardon.

Amid a surge in United States soldier deaths and under increasing pressure to change course in Iraq, President George Bush has met top military commanders to mull possible…