Tweet Newt Gingrich became the new GOP leader in the Iowa Poll a month before the state opens the official 2012 presidential nominating season. The Republican race has been volatile so far and people are speculating whether the former House speaker can sustain his lead. Observers perceive Gingrich as the best alternative to Romney, who has long been... 

Tweet The unemployment rate dropped in November and it was partly driven by small businesses. The rate fell to 8.6 percent, which is the lowest since March 2009. It passed 9 percent and stayed at that level or higher since then. In November, the United States added 120,000 jobs according to the Labor Department. The country generated 100,000 or more jobs... 

Tweet US stocks improved as Germany and France promised to solve the sovereign debt and euro zone’s banking issues. The Dow Jones Industrial Average raised 330.06 points or 2.97 percent to 11,433.18, which is its largest gain since August 11. It is the highest close since the middle of September. All 30 Dow components increased. Bank stocks led the... 

Tweet Governor Rick Perry likes to boast about how good the economy is in Texas. But recent polls show that one in every five Texans is living under the poverty line. While it is true that the state is responsible for 40 percent of the jobs added in the United States over the past two years but its poverty rate also growth faster than the country’s average... 

Tweet According to the latest poll conducted by CBS News, President Barack Obama’s approval rating dropped to 43 percent, which is the lowest level of he got as president. His disapproval rating increased to a record 50 percent as well. The president’s job performance rating has been polarized among the two parties. Most of the Democrats approve of... 

Tweet President Barack Obama tried to distance himself from Democrat David Weprin days before the New York special election. But that didn’t stop the finger-pointing and panic to set in among the Democrats. Last Tuesday, Republican Bob Turner won 54 percent to 46 percent for the seat that was previously held by Anthony Weiner. The special election served... 

Tweet According to the Census Bureau, at least 46.2 million Americans or 15.1 percent lived in poverty in 2010. This is the highest poverty rate since 1993. The average household income also decreased during the same period and the number of people without health insurance coverage increased. These are the results of the recent recession. In 2010, the... 

Tweet United States stocks fell, which sent Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its largest four-week loss since March of 2009. Investors are worried with the slowing down of the global economy that they didn’t notice the stock devaluation that’s the lowest in the past 2 and half years. Hewlett-Packard dropped 27 percent this week, which is the most... 

Tweet Firefighters in Arizona are intentionally burning acres of land in order to direct the third worst fire in the state’s history away from the mountain towns. The Wallow Fire on the eastern side of the state has already set 144,000 acres ablaze with zero percent contained. Mountain communities that are popular weekend destinations have already evacuated... 

Tweet Potential Republican presidential candidates have already started with their campaign to get the party’s nod and one of the steps is to get the approval of the evangelicals. As early as now the candidates have met with conservative Christians, preachers, and religious home-schoolers from various states in the hopes of winning the evangelical vote. Last...