Nov 21 Deficit 'Supercommittee' Throws in the Towel The bipartisan co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction announced late Monday that the group had failed to reach an agreement. "We are deeply disappointed that we have been unable to come to a bipartisan deficit… Continue reading
Oct 13 GOP Lawmakers Counter Obama's Jobs Bill With Tax, Spending Reform Plan Sen. John McCain speaks as Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dan Coats, Jim DeMint and Ron Johnson look on during a news conference to introduce a Republican jobs proposal; Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Responding and reacting to the public… Continue reading
Oct 11 News Reports: Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit to Be Released in Prisoner Swap By News Desk This undated photo released by the Shalit family via Getty Images shows Israeli army Cpl. Gilad Shalit, taken by Hamas militants at age 19. An agreement was reached to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured and held by Hamas… Continue reading
Sep 19 Tab for Non-Communicable Diseases to Top $47 Trillion by 2030 Testing blood pressure. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. The escalating epidemic of non-communicable diseases could could cost the world $47 trillion over the next two decades, according to a report published Monday as United Nations representatives open a two-day,… Continue reading
Sep 02 Obama Drops Proposed Clean Air Rules President Obama has reversed course on proposed smog standards, a victory for business interests that had decried the smog restrictions on the grounds that they should be postponed -- until at least 2013 -- due to the recession. The… Continue reading
Aug 05 S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating From AAA for First Time Hours after U.S. markets closed Friday, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's announced it downgraded the credit rating of the United States for the first time in the ratings' history. S&P said it's cutting the No. 1 economy's top AAA… Continue reading
Jul 11 Those Unemployment Figures May Be Even Worse Than You Think Job seekers register and pick up jobs fliers from employers at a June jobs fair in Los Angeles; Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images This post was updated at 10:47 a.m. ET on July 12 In the last week, the… Continue reading
Jul 11 Obama: No Stopgap Extension on Debt Ceiling EmbedVideo(969, 482, 304); Updated 1:50 p.m. ET | President Obama said Monday that a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling will not be possible if Republicans are unwilling to compromise, but he declared: "We are going to… Continue reading
Jul 06 @BarackObama Responds to Jobs, Deficit Questions in First Twitter Town Hall @WhiteHouse President Obama tweets during a Twitter town hall meeting Wednesday at the White House as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey watches; Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images In a live "Twitter town hall" meeting Wednesday, President Obama fielded tweeted questions… Continue reading
Jun 24 House Votes Show Mixed Feelings on Libya Mission 4:30 p.m. ET | A second vote in the House of Representatives Friday portrayed a complex portrait on Congress' attitude toward the Libya mission, with a vote to cut off some of its funding falling short by a 238-180 vote. Continue reading