The world’s foremost gathering of business and government leaders wrapped up a five-day meeting Sunday with widespread agreement that a fragile recovery is under way but no consensus on what’s going to spur job growth and prevent another global econ…
Government regulators from the United States and Europe laid out their financial reform plans Saturday before a skeptical banking industry, asking financiers for input but adamant that change was coming with or without their support.
The government has now confirmed what has always been clear: No one tried to wiretap or bug Senator Landrieu’s office. Nor did we try to cut or shut down her phone lines. Reports to this effect over the past 48 hours are inaccurate and false.
Senate Democrats needed all the 60 votes at their disposal Thursday to muscle through legislation allowing the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.
As the U.S. government pours additional troops into Afghanistan, it has begun grappling with whether to reconcile with those who sheltered Osama bin Laden.
An independent investigator is launching two probes into the government’s rescue of American International Group Inc.
The tension between U.S. policy and the desperation of many Haitians to leave their quake-struck country is spawning a debate over whether the government should let more in.
As President Obama marks the first anniversary of his inauguration, the most politically charged question he faces is whether he can restore confidence in government.
Tobacco industry lawyers met secretly with the solicitor general in an effort to avoid the government’s attempt to extract billions over illegal concealment of smoking dangers.