WASHINGTON — Despite remarkably quick passage, the economic aid plan and its cash rebates may come too late to prevent a recession this year. Fo...
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate John McCain skipped a difficult Senate vote Wednesday on whether to make 20 million seniors and 2...
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Dem...
New York | James Cramer | Posted 01.28.2008 | Business
Everybody likes "free" money. So it's no wonder that President Bush's plan to give up to $1,200 per family to taxpayers to get the economy moving agai...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Retirees living off Social Security are frustrated that they won't get tax rebate checks through a bipartisan economic stimulus pac...
Reuters | Emily Kaiser | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
There is no quick cure for what ails the U.S. and global economies, but if the Federal Reserve's emergency interest rate cut on Tuesday can instill so...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
As we have observed throughout the last several years,...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
**UPDATE 7/25** ThinkProgress now reports that the bar...
** Update below: Nas delivers Fox petition to Stephen...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 02.09.2008 | Business