He had not been specifically asked about blacks and he was speaking in Iowa, a state whose population is less than four percent African American and one in which -- though blacks are over-represented on government assistance rolls -- the vast majority of individuals on public assistance are white.

The Economic Development Administration is the only federal agency with the exclusive mission of creating and retaining American jobs by leveraging private investment in the nation's economically distressed communities.

WASHINGTON — Congress is getting ready to pass tough new aviation safety measures that were developed in response to a deadly commuter plane cra...

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's talk of stopping health care reform by fasting, praying and wrist-slitting has prompted not only lefty pundits but a top ...

Transit systems nationwide are hemorrhaging while history shows that transportation bills are engines of job creation and their services are in highest demand.

Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and something of a firebrand, took issue with comments ma...