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The federal government has moved to shut down SeaWorld’s trainer-and-whale interactions, the fallout from deaths and injuries caused by its killer whales, the subject of the recent documentary Blackfish.

Among a flurry of bad deals that let big banks off the hook, JPMorgan's $2 billion Madoff deal may be the worst.

From his perch on the federal bench in lower Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff has made it his mission to hold Wall Street accountable. He's at it again.

It may not be fair, but many retired public employees are going to have to accept pension cuts or risk a nationwide wave of municipal bankruptcies.

According to a new poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates, 38% of participants say they'd rather pay the mandate tax and forego buying health insurance.

There are more glamorous topics than COLA increases for retired public employees. But the fact is COLAs stand at the root of an issue that has bubbled to the top of the national debate in recent years.

Why is former hedge fund titan Raj Rajaratnam the only Wall Street big shot in jail?

Despite the president's repeated promises the ACA is the most transparent law in history and won't increase the deficit, it looks as though those reassurances are beginning to crumble.

The fight to stop waste, fraud and abuse is gearing up across the government as new estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation show nearly 17 million low- to middle- income Americans are eligible for federal tax credits to buy health insurance on the exchanges.

Raising the debt ceiling hurts all Americans today. We continue to hear that we are robbing from our children, and this is true.

It’s time to get the markets back to relying on forward guidance from companies on earnings, and not the Federal Reserve’s forward guidance on its extraordinary policies in place for five years now.

The fallout from the NSA's spying programs are hurting U.S.-based technology companies and their ability to attract foreign business. 

Health reform is causing job turmoil in three key groups the White House depended on for support: Local government, school workers and unions.

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down DOMA, paving the way to same-sex marriages, could mean more money for the federal budget, government data have shown.

A House committee sent a letter to the head of the IRS demanding information about a report that agents improperly seized medical records.

Changes in how state and local governments account for retiree costs will show several California cities are much worse off than previously thought.

A veteran IRS manager in Cincinnati, who described himself as a conservative Republican, told congressional investigators that he and a colleague decided to give conservative groups the extra scrutiny that has exploded into a firestorm of political controversy. 

Two senators sent a letter to the secretary of Veterans Affairs demanding answers as to why 188 VA employees were paid taxpayer-funded salaries and benefits to do union work.

Samsung was handed a victory in one part of the patent battle with Apple and it could have a far-reaching impact on Apple's sales.

Exclusive: A House Financial Services Subcommittee will hold hearings into whether proxy advisory firms are pushing political agendas rather than serving shareholder interests.