The offensive Asian joke during this year's Oscar show not only sparked outcry from Asian-Americans but also revealed the worsening racial divide in the U.S. society.
A slim majority of Americans supports the U.S. government’s effort to get Apple to help unlock a terrorist’s iPhone.
As the U.S. election season begins, only four in 10 Americans rate the situation in the U.S. as positive, which is well below the historical average, a Gallup poll released Wednesday found.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday hailed the full implementation of an international nuclear accord with Iran and the release of Americans held prisoner in the Islamic Republic as a vindication of "strong American diplomacy".
For the second consecutive year, Americans' dissatisfaction with U.S. government edged out economy as the country's top problem in 2015, a poll analysis issued Monday by the Gallup showed.
Brazen U.S. billionaire Donald Trump is making waves again, this time irritating the Republican Party (GOP), whose nomination he aims to clinch.
In 2008 presidential campaign, a fresh face called Barack Obama became Hillary Clinton's nightmare. As we are now heading towards another campaign season, will another Senate newbie called Elizabeth Warren become Mrs. Clinton's nemesis this time?
Scores of historical photos showing the life of the earliest Chinese American immigrants who worked as coolies, or laborers, and their descendants were put on display at an art center in Houston's Chinatown on Saturday night.
Persisting protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and a large number of other cities, serve as a sharp reminder of the deep social division in the United States along racial lines.
For the third consecutive year, 52 percent of Americans say they do not believe it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure healthcare coverage for all Americans, a Gallup poll released Thursday found.
Social media has given terrorist groups such as the Islamic State (IS) the ability to recruit Americans and others like never before, and the threat of Americans and others returning to their home countries from Syria to carry out terrorist attacks has become the chief issue of concern, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday.
Americans, led by President Barack Obama, on Thursday commemorated 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by observing moments of silence for thousands of innocent people killed that day at the World Trade Center of New York City, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
U.S. President Barack Obama's favorable ratings have dropped to a new low, with more Americans now viewing him unfavorably than favorably, found a Gallup poll released Thursday.
The number of Americans who plan to get insurance through a healthcare exchange - the centerpiece of the new healthcare law - has increased, a Gallup poll released Thursday has found.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed Americans, saying inaction of Congress will lead to self-inflicted wound for the economy.
Americans' views of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul have taken a nosedive in recent weeks amid controversy over its poorly-functioning website, finds a Gallup poll released Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said insurance companies can extend for one year the health insurance plans for Americans whose policies would be otherwise canceled due to the implementation of his signature health care overhaul.
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