Government And Institutions

The president on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016, setting up an across-the-aisle battle with the GOP over programs aimed at benefiting the middle class and funded through higher taxes on corporations and America's wealthy.

President Obama on Tuesday in his sixth State of the Union address took his message directly to middle-class Americans, proposing an array of programs and reforms intended to pull more of that vast demographic swath into the strengthening economic recovery.

The president must figure he has nothing to lose, so in the State of the Union speech he'll likely take credit for the upward tick of the U.S. economy, among other items. In all probability, the applause will last longer Tuesday night than the life of any of these measures in Congress.

Marilyn Tavenner, the top official at the U.S. agency overseeing the troubled rollout of the health law and the Medicare insurance program for the elderly, is leaving her post in February, agency officials confirmed Friday.

New labeling rules will require restaurants with at least 20 locations to display the calorie count of food items.

Rule makers abhor a vacuum, which is why the neurotic urge to meddle by micro regulating U.S. businesses continues.

An estimated 5.2 million unauthorized immigrants could be affected by President Obama’s immigration plan, but the economic impact is less certain.

With the wave of a pen, Obama’s ready to delay deportations for up to 5 million illegals. No, Rep. Clyburn. This is not what great presidents do.

Can a Republican-controlled Congress facing off against a second-term Democratic president break the political gridlock that has stalled important policy decisions in Washington?

The just-announced U.S. Digital Service, led by former Google engineer Mikey Dickerson, aims to build more efficient and effective technology for government agencies.

Emails from the former Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the tea party targeting scandal show her calling  conservatives 'crazies' that will 'take us down.'

President Obama announced a new round of economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Emac:The president pounded U.S. corporations that move overseas to cut their federal taxes and pushed Congress to draft a new law to shut the loophole.

President Obama is taking aim at U.S. companies that use international mergers to relocate their headquarters overseas to avoid paying U.S. corporate taxes.

The Obama administration’s newest sanctions against Russia for its continued aggression in the Ukraine could prompt retaliation against the U.S. Malaysia Airlines Loses Contact with Jet Amid Reports of Crash in Ukraine

Cavuto: President Reagan was famous for saying he'd rather get 80% a loaf of bread, than no bread at all. Politicians today should heed his advice. 

Given Mary Barra's longer tenure at GM, why does the automaker believe her value as CEO is worth 52% less than its former chief?

TEST

Do we need more government to fix things, or are we in a fix because government has tried its hand at too many things?

Do we need more government to fix things, or are we in a fix because government has tried its hand at too many things?