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Not long ago, it looked like Ben Bernanke's reappointment as chairman of the Federal Reserve would get the old rubber stamp in the Senate. But...

There seem to be two streams of thought on President Obama's latest bank regulation proposals. One is, will they actually solve the problems that...

This probably doesn't deserve much attention, but in the spirit of pointing out the obstacles this country still faces is getting past racial...

Happy Friday. Among this morning's items -- more analysis of the president's new bank regulation proposals, Obama puts Social Security on the...

Now that he has the extra political motivation of having one less senator in his corner, President Obama is charging ahead on financial regulation....

The Supreme Court issued a zinger of a ruling today on campaign finance. The vote allows companies to spend as much as they'd like supporting or...

Good morning. Here's what I've seen so far: the futility of foreclosure prevention and the bank tax, making the most of disaster donations, and...

The US military clearly violates at least one of the Ten Commandments all the time. But it turns out that some of the weapons being used to kill...

Everybody's talking about Scott Brown's election in Massachusetts, and what it might mean for the country. A Republican winning a Senate seat in...

Last June we reported, along with Pro Publica, on the cracks starting to show in the unemployment benefits system. Today we have a follow up. ...