Politics

Increasing government borrowing authority eases worries.

Both parties are using the government shutdown to raise money and it’s working -- for now.

The Supreme Court is expected to take a case on whether several recess appointments were constitutional -- and that has implications for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Lawmakers revive a public comment campaign, with a modern-day twist.

A Duke professor asks: What would happen if all the millionaires in public office joined a single political party? Answer: They'd control the federal government by a wide margin.

A new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project shows that social media and the Internet are not helping much to get poorer people engaged in civic life.

The Government Accountability Office is releasing a new report on the so-called 'political intelligence' industry -- a growing arm of investment research.

As a multi-billionaire, Michael Bloomberg has governed New York free from debts to special interests. But there's another side to that independence.

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament kicks off today, and there is big money at stake -- in office pools, of course, and in Washington, where the tournament is a gimmick for politicians raising campaign cash.