It’s a health care change that President Barack Obama and Republicans both embrace: Expand a current, little-known law so more retirees the government considers well-off are required to pay higher

The suspense surrounding the sentencing of the brother of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff will largely be absent because a plea agreement makes a 10-year prison term all but certain. But

Senate Republicans on Wednesday proposed a $24 billion emergency aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims, less than half of what Democrats hope to pass by Christmas. The GOP alternative bill

Bolivian authorities ordered the arrest of a judge in a widening scandal triggered by an American businessman’s report of being fleeced and extorted by corrupt prosecutors. Authorities ordered the arrest of magistrate Ariel Rocha after he failed to appear before a commission investigating the case, Prosecutor General Ramiro Guerrero said on Wednesday. The arrest order […]

U.S. tax authorities warned on Wednesday that as many as 100 million taxpayers – far more than previously estimated – could face refund delays if law makers’ ” fiscal cliff”

The top U.S. drug regulator on Wednesday urged state officials to help close regulatory loopholes involving the safety of compounded drugs, such as the tainted steroid injections at the center

The first major winter storm of the season, which started Tuesday in the Rocky mountains, could dump more than a foot of snow in some areas of the central Plains

The multi-billion-dollar videogame industry came under scrutiny on Wednesday after Hollywood canceled, postponed or played down a slew of movies and TV shows with violent content in the wake of

President Barack Obama’s possible pick of Republican Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon is raising serious concerns among some of his former Senate colleagues. They question his pronouncements on Iraq,

Many U.S. gun owners fear a ban on assault weapons like one used in the Connecticut elementary school massacre would be the first step to taking away their guns, even

Daniel Inouye, the longest serving member of the United States Senate, passed away on Monday. He died of respiratory complications, having been hospitalized for a week and a half at

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is proposing to give schools more money for security improvements and to make greater use of the National Guard. Boxer’s legislation is a response to the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children and six adults working at the school. It would boost a grants program from $30 million annually to […]

President Barack Obama will be responsible for taxes rising on Americans if he does not “get serious” about a balanced deficit reduction plan or demand Senate passage of a Republican

Worshippers usually leave notes to the Almighty at the Kosel. But half a billion dollars? Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who oversees the Kosel, said a worshipper found an envelope at the

Democratic legislators said on Wednesday they had seen a groundswell of opposition to the continued sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines and pushed Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote

Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country. “This time, the

Three State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in

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