Cut a latte or two out of your annual budget and you’ve just done as much belt-tightening as President Barack Obama asked of his Cabinet on Monday.

Is it hypocritical for a lawmaker to oppose the stimulus plan, then steer constituents to its benefits?

Is it hypocritical for a lawmaker to oppose the stimulus plan, then steer constituents to its benefits?

Sen. John McCain deployed heavy sarcasm. Fellow Republican Marsha Blackburn trotted out a chart. A group of conservative House Republicans mocked: “‘Deficit we inherited?’ ... Spare us the false outrage.” The war between Republicans and Democrats to frame

Sen. John McCain deployed heavy sarcasm. Rep. Marsha Blackburn trotted out a chart.

Ask a bailed-out bank about its Las Vegas retreat, its corporate jet or its evening in Beverly Hills and you’ll probably get a response like this: Oh that? That wasn’t taxpayer money.

It was a serious scene: Around a blue felt-covered table, under an ornate crystal chandelier, sat 10 of the most powerful members of Congress, before them four-inch stacks of paper, apparently the bill that will spend the most taxpayer dollars of any legi

A Wall Street stock broker accused of throwing a fellow health club member into a wall during a cycling class has been acquitted.A Manhattan Criminal Court jury found 44-year-old Christopher Carter not guilty of assault against hedge-fund manager Stuart..

White House officials waged an extraordinary campaign during an 11-hour Air Force One flight to put a positive spin on the outcome of Sunday’s summit talks between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Four times on the long flight back to..

Numbers don’t lie _ or do they? When it comes to public health, figures are seldom straightforward. Last week, UNICEF announced what it described as a “major public health success”: child deaths dropped to a record low of 9.7 million worldwide in...