Column: Real or fake? It's hard to tell anymore
A Democratic president clashes with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill as a polarized nation debates taxes and guns, illegal immigration and gay ...
How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive ...
Economy to be Obama's focus in State of the Union
President Barack Obama will focus his State of the Union address on boosting job creation and economic growth at a time of high unemployment, ...
Obama asks Congress for short-term budget fix
President Barack Obama is pressing Congress to pass another short-term mix of spending cuts and tax changes while they hash out a broader budget deal.
Venezuela sharply devalues its currency
Venezuela's government announced Friday that it is devaluing the country's currency, a long-anticipated change expected to push up prices in the ...
White House outlines deep cuts it may have to make
Trying to ratchet up pressure on Congress, the White House on Friday detailed what it said would be the painful impact on the federal workforce and ...
THE RESET: Obama on deck for 2nd big speech in row
Re-elected presidents and their speechwriters often have a verbal overload problem at the outset of second terms: They must produce a State of the ...
Corruption scandal new worry for hard-hit Spain
It's not as though Spain doesn't have enough to worry about— two years of recession, harsh austerity programs, sky-high unemployment and an unstable ...
China's trade picks up, inflation eases
China's trade picked up and inflation eased in January as a shaky economic recovery gained traction. Much of the change was due to the Lunar New Year ...
Ireland seals ECB deal to slash bank bailout costs
Ireland clinched a long-sought agreement Thursday with the European Central Bank to restructure the loans used to bail out its failing banks, a deal ...
THE RESET: Panetta presses attack on Pentagon cuts
The Senate's delay on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary is giving outgoing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta a bigger megaphone and more time ...
Future Bank of England boss open to policy review
Mark Carney, the Canadian who will become the Bank of England's governor this summer, said Thursday he is open to a review of Britain's monetary ...
White House allies produce preschool-for-all plan
Days before President Barack Obama outlines his agenda for the coming year, a think tank with close ties to the White House is outlining a plan that ...
No more Saturday mail? Postal Service plans cuts
We could soon be seeing the end of Saturday mail delivery. The Postal Service has announced plans to cut back to five-day-a-week deliveries for ...
Obama meets with Senate Democrats, talks strategy
With a big to-do list at the start of his second term, President Barack Obama is trying to sell Democrats on his strategy for tackling immigration, ...
Goodbye Saturday mail? Postal Service plans cuts
Saturday mail may soon go the way of the Pony Express and penny postcards. The Postal Service said Wednesday that it plans to cut back to ...
Analysis: Obama, GOP disagree, again, on spending
After two tumultuous years of budget brinkmanship, President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress finally agree on something — namely, that a ...
Obama urges stopgap budget deal to avoid deep cuts
Eager to buy time and avoid economic pain, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to pass targeted short-term spending cuts and higher taxes ...
CBO: Budget deficit estimated at $845B
The federal budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's tenure in office, a new report said Tuesday.
Obama seeks to avoid sequester with short-term fix
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a short-term deficit reduction package of spending cuts and tax revenue that will delay the effective ...
Senate passes bill to improve embassy security
The Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow the State Department to transfer $1.1 billion to improve security at U.S.
Argentina freezes prices to break inflation spiral
Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to stop spiraling inflation. The price freeze applies to ...
THE RESET: March 1 spending cuts now seem likely
A month has passed since Congress and President Barack Obama narrowly averted a New Year's "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts.
US factory orders up 1.8 percent in December
U.S. factory orders increased in December even though companies trimmed their orders for goods that signal investment plans. Factory orders rose 1.
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