Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.
The setbacks came as lawmakers streamed out
Democrats in the U.S. Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's price tag and tax hikes before the first crucial test vote on Saturday.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Rei
Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, anti-terrorist experts said. "The threat is now increasingly from within, from homegro
Americans opting to have surgery to suck out fat, grow or shrink breasts, shape their nose or banish wrinkles may pay for a health care overhaul that US Senate Democrats unveiled. The White House-backed plan would impose a 5% tax on elective cosmetic
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In this podcast, Constitutional Scholar Rob Natelson offers a lesson on the general Welfare clause of the United States Constitution. He discusses the original meaning of the words themselves, the meaning of general welfare in the preamble, the origi
A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.
Any tax imposed on financial transactions would have to take effect internationally to prevent Wall Street jobs and related business moving overseas, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.
"It would have to be an international rule, not
China is sharply stepping up espionage against the USA as the rising Asian power grows more sophisticated in cyber warfare and spy recruitment. "China is changing the way that espionage is being done," said the chair of the US-China Economic and Secu
A stronger dollar and more discouraging signs of a subdued economic recovery triggered a broad sell-off in stocks.
Major indexes tumbled more than 1.5 percent Thursday, including the Dow Jones industrials, which fell about 160 points.
Energy an
A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months. The index of leading economic indicators rose less in October than analysts had expected.
Video of Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas today asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to resign because of his incompetence before and after the finacial crises
Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.
Rep. Elijah Cummings and six other members of Congress send letter to Barney Frank, Chairman of House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd, Chairman Senate Banking Committee to call for a "total" review of the Federal Reserve System
Nearly 35 years after taxpayers spent $55.7 million building the Pontiac Silverdome and a year after a $20 million sale fell through, city officials have sold the arena once called the most desirable property in Oakland County. The price: $583,000.
Support for the technological class war on migrants and immigrants at the border has been strong and has included encouragement for the deployment of cameras and all manner of other Big Brother machinery -- as long as they are pointed south.
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Titicaca's waters have dropped 81 centimeters (2.65 feet) since April and flora and fauna are apt to suffer damage if they drop another 30 centimeters (one foot), the statement said.
Navy Capt. Jorge Ernesto Espinoza told ATB television that South
What they found was that the bristlecone pines at treeline grow faster when temperatures are warmer-in contrast to the trees lower down the mountain, which grow faster with higher amounts of precipitation and when temperatures are cooler. In other wo
This Oct. 26, 2009 photo shows Sprague Theobald's yacht Bagan moored in Ketchikan, alaska while its crew rested following their voyage, which began in June from Rhode Island, through the Northwest Passage, the Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea,
According to federal government, tug on a scarf on a non-Muslim, your “victim” can take it up in civil court. Pull on the scarf of a Muslim woman, and you’re charged with a hate crime under federal statutes. Penalty? Three years in prison and a $25,0