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He's the Holy Father, but he's also a man, and running the Church is a job. Here's the lowdown on… >>

The sequester may be this week's most important news item, but automatic spending cuts and the… >>

Obama jokes about his dubious birth certificate, Lincoln ribs some lawyers, and George W. Bush… >>

Sure, the news is widely available and readily accessible thanks to social media, but how much of… >>

Ten years ago this week, in a presentation to the United Nations Security Council that he would… >>

More than 280,000 women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, with hundreds wounded and more than… >>

This Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of his death, but President Lyndon Johnson still looms as… >>

While second presidential inaugurations tend to lack the fireworks of the first—it will be hard… >>

As Barack Obama embarks on another four years in what is arguably the toughest job on the planet… >>

I was still recovering from a nasty case of Fiscal Cliff Fatigue when my current-events radar… >>