WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher rules to reduce air pollution from large oceangoing ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels....
WASHINGTON — The national unemployment rate hit 26-year high of 9.5 percent in June as employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs.
The Labor Department report thi...
ANNANDALE, Va. — President Barack Obama is promising that reconstituting the system of health care in this country will not add to the already heavy federal deficits.
Ob...
CHICAGO — A computer problem this morning temporarily disrupted United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport, causing long delays and lines for travelers head...
NAWA, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan today in the first ma...
BAGHDAD — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq today to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Ira...
HARRISBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell said today a state budget deal was unlikely to be hammered out this week or next, but characterized recent talks with legislative negotiator...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration sent Congress legislation today to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency designed to protect Americans from unscrupulou...
WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart today has embraced President Barack Obama's call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers, adding momentum to t...
NEW YORK — A report on manufacturing activity shows the sector contracted less than expected in June, posting its best showing since last August and another sign that a ...
