The American economy expanded more slowly than expected from April to June, the government reported Thursday, while numbers for the last three months ...
Washington Post | Paul Kane | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business
Senate Democrats plan to unveil a second fiscal stimulus plan next week, this one worth at least $50 billion, arguing that soaring energy prices and t...
New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 05.31.2008 | Business
The federal government is showering households with tax rebates to spur spending and invigorate a troubled economy. But many Americans are so consumed...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
This serious economic situation greatly raises the stakes of the 2008 election. What will the government do to help the victims of economic mismanagement, to provide health insurance, and to restart the economy?
Katherine Goldstein | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
While I reject the notion that it's my "patriotic duty" to buy more junk I don't need, here are 3 ideas of worthy ways to spend the money that could do some social and economic good.
Jared Bernstein and Nancy Cleeland | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business
We can ease the pain of this self-inflicted recession by reviving some other basic American concepts, such as the idea that government can serve a role in mediating a heartless economy.
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — President Bush said Friday that "it's clear our economy has slowed" and tried to reassure an anxious public that the long-term outl...
Huffington Post | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business
During a White House news conference Thursday morning, President Bush said the country is not headed into a recession, noting that the government has ...
CNN's Political Ticker | Ted Barrett | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
Senate Democratic leaders have summoned presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., to the Senate Wednesday for a...
Reuters | David Lawder | Posted 01.31.2008 | Business
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday he was concerned that the $157 billion stimulus package passed by the Senate Finance Committee was t...
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to rush rebates of $600-$1,200 to most taxpayers, but a partisan battle brewed in the Senate over Democrats...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With unprecedented speed and cooperation, Congress and the White House forged a deal Thursday to begin rushing tax rebates of $600 ...
ABC News | Z. Byron Wolf | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
With overseas markets tumbling and the U.S. economy in the midst of a downturn, possibly headed into a recession, wading through the econ jargon on Ca...
AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 01.21.2008 | Business
SINGAPORE — Oil prices fell Monday in Asia as concern over the U.S. economy drove down regional stock markets and outweighed concern that OPEC w...
John McCain was widely ridiculed several weeks ago for fielding reporter's questions...
With just ninety days left in the election it's come down to...
The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has...
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed several former senior...
Love her or hate her, you've gotta hand it to Paris...
Senator Obama on Tuesday said of the McBush...
BEIJING — A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for...
NEW YORK — Scarlett Johansson can laugh about it now,...
**UPDATE** The "I Am Rich" app has been removed from the app store. Silicon...
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart takes a look at offshore drilling...
Only the wildly hypocritical McCain could have made...
I'm not going to...
Q: Most people are really thrilled when they announce their daughter's engagement.
New York Times | PETER S. GOODMAN | Posted 07.31.2008 | Business