Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) called Monday for a cease-fire among warring factions of the Democratic Party, arguing that a united front is needed to reverse the party’s recent electoral defeats and halt the advance of conservative Republican ideology. The…

China’s first step in revaluing its currency means it and the rest of Asia will need to buy fewer dollars and fewer Treasurys. That’s negative for the dollar and the U.S. housing market.

Two of America’s largest unions, representing 2.5 million workers, broke away from the AFL-CIO Monday in an effort to change the philosophical direction of the labor movement. The Teamsters, the SEIU and five other unions have formed a coalition called…

A Brazilian man mistakenly killed last week by London anti-terrorist police was shot eight times, Britain’s Independent Police Complaints Commission said Monday. Asked if his family was taking legal action, de Menezes’ cousin Alex Alves Pereira said the police had…

Innocent civilians, including people who are considered vital to building democracy, are increasingly being killed by U.S. troops.

A friend, Fausto Soares, told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper that Mr Menezes probably ran away from the plainclothes officers because he thought they were attackers. “He was assaulted by Englishmen (two weeks earlier) and because of that he may have…

The cunning minds in the Democratic Party have come up with another sure-fire way to shoot themselves in the foot (again.) Is it time for Roe vs. Wade to go away?Then the debate over abortion would begin The debate over…