More than a year after the financial crisis devastated the U.S. economy and triggered massive taxpayer bailouts, the House of Representatives narrowly approved the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression in hopes of preventing a similar catastrophe. ...more

December 12, 2009

Republican National Committee members have proposed a resolution that some call a "purity test" for GOP candidates and officeholders. ...more

December 12, 2009

A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates. ...more

December 11, 2009

Capitol Hill Democrats are muscling through a deficit-swelling spending bill, giving domestic programs their third major boost this year and awarding lawmakers with more than 5,000 back-home projects. ...more

December 10, 2009

President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be." ...more

December 10, 2009

Twenty years ago, Shirley Grimes wished for a home that "no one could take away from her." ...more

December 10, 2009

Curtailing warming I agree with Paul Krugman's "An affordable truth" (Other Views, Dec. 8). If we do not do something about global warming, we will not have a global world to worry about. ...more

December 10, 2009

John Stossel says his new weekly show on Fox Business Network will be a work in progress. He is still adjusting to this new role as an opinionated commentator. ...more

December 10, 2009

In his first week in office last January, President Barack Obama promised greater transparency by federal agencies generally reluctant to respond promptly to requests for information from the public. ...more

December 10, 2009

Two local health clinics will share $6.6 million in federal stimulus grant money to expand services. ...more

December 10, 2009