Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is counter-suing a hotel maid who accused him of sexual harassment, seeking $1m in damages.

A standoff between a mother of four and a Florida SWAT team ended with the woman killing her children before turning the gun on herself, police reports.

US president says the crisis at JP Morgan clearly shows ‘why Wall Street reform is so important.’

An openly gay campaign donor and a member of the Wall Street crowd decided to withdraw his support of Mitt Romney following Romney’s position against both marriage for same-gender couples as well as civil union.

Ron Paul, the US congressman who led a persistent presidential bid against presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney and other rivals, announced Monday he is suspending active campaigning.

Americans are the happiest they’ve been since 2008, according to a new Gallup study.