PHILADELPHIA — They came. They grappled with fresh losses. They searched for a new strategy. And then they danced their asses off. This year’s House Democratic retreat, a three-day getaway…
On Monday night, as most of New York City huddled inside their apartments hiding from “Winter Storm Juno,” a group of New York University fraternity brothers reportedly played beer pong…
The middle class that President Obama identified in his State of the Union speech last week as the foundation of the American economy has been shrinking for almost half a…
Click here to see the states where the middle class is dying. The American economy is by many measures well on the road to full recovery. The national unemployment rate…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has inherited the throne from his older brother and with it a host of pressing challenges in a turbulent region. To the south, Yemen is…
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday made his first public media appearance since an exercise mishap left him with a severely injured eye and four broken…
STATE OF THE UNION Six years in: President Obama touted a rebounding economy, laid out an agenda aimed at helping the middle class and appealed to Republicans to work across…
WASHINGTON — More than anything, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address signaled a fresh battle for the hearts and minds of America’s beleaguered middle class — and Republicans…
The race for the next U.S. president was evident on Tuesday night as plenty of potential Republican contenders criticizing President Barack Obama’s tax proposals, while Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, defended…
The middle class, meanwhile, has given up all the income gains it enjoyed during the tech boom of the late 1990s and the housing boom of the mid 2000s. This,…
Lacking strong clout and diplomatic reach in the Middle East, Japan scrambled Thursday for ways to secure the release of two hostages held by the Islamic State group, as two…
This woman is taking fashion sins a little more seriously than most. Christian blogger Veronica Partridge has been getting a lot of attention for a blog post earlier this month…
Authorities say a baby who died after being set on fire in the middle of a New Jersey road still had an umbilical cord and placenta attached. Twenty-two-year-old Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier…
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama is expected to propose throwing a lifeline to America’s middle class. It could really use one. His ideas…
Two Japanese men have been threatened with death by the Islamic State group if their government doesn’t pay a huge ransom. A look at hostages and Japan, and its interests…
TLC is coming back for a fifth and final album, which will be funded partly through Kickstarter, and the group celebrated by bringing their signature off-the-wall energy to HuffPost Live…
In the United States, the top 1% control more than one third of the nation’s resources. Two out of three Americans disapprove of the current distribution of income and wealth….
The killings of 12 journalists and others at Charlie Hebdo in Paris has led many to wonder about the role of Islam in fueling vicious attacks on civilians in the…
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, the Florida Republican noted that it’s becoming more common for individuals who’ve become radicalized outside of the Middle East to act on their…
Passenger volumes to and from the Middle East and Central Asia grew by 3.5%, East Asia rose by 5.2% and Latin American destinations increased by 6.3%. As the UK’s largest…
We see her when she was six months pregnant at 24 and took back her partner, a serial cheater, before taking a drag on a cigarette. At 15, when her…