Government And Institutions

Dodd-Frank just turned five-years old today, but can the confetti and the hats and horns.

Wisconsin's attorney general on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, asking a federal judge if the state can drug test some food stamp recipients, a policy supported by Republican Governor Scott Walker, a presidential candidate.

Numerous state and local jurisdictions in the majority of U.S. states with immigration sanctuary policies released over 8,000 criminal aliens who were facing deportation during an eight-month period.    

The United States posted a budget surplus of $51.8 billion in June, down 27% from the same period last year, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday.

The Internal Revenue Service is ignoring a court-imposed deadline to turn over newly found Lois Lerner email documents essential to investigations of the IRS tax-exempt scandal.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Sunday he was "encouraged by reports of some progress" in the discussions between Greece and its creditors, urging parties on both sides to show flexibility, according to a statement issued by a spokesman.

The Lois Lerner scandal keeps getting bigger.

A Twitter war has erupted between 2016 presidential hopefuls George Pataki and Donald Trump, following Pataki’s call for other GOP candidates to denounce Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants.

A document obtained by The Associated Press shows the Justice Department is investigating whether airlines are colluding to grow at a slower pace as part of an effort to keep airfares high.

Quietly and with no comment from the public, the Internal Revenue Service has amended tax rules to penalize small businesses that set up Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) to use pretax dollars to help workers afford health insurance.

The United States supported the secret supply of weapons to Libyan rebels while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State according to federal court documents obtained by Fox News.

Marc Turi Discharge Document

David Manners Document

Clinton E-mail Document

Chris Stevens Email Documents

The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide availability of tax subsidies crucial to the implementation of the president's hallmark health care law.

In a landmark decision, the nation's highest court on Friday morning legalized gay marriage in all 50 states -- here's how it will impact the federal treasury.

While the federal deficit has declined by more than two-thirds, it's a topic that's going to be virtually non-existent from the 2016 election.

The Senate on Wednesday cleared legislation that will strengthen President Barack Obama's power to negotiate a Pacific trade deal, ending a weekslong struggle to lift the measure out of the political quicksand that repeatedly came close to trapping it in both chambers.

The Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting last week was tough to distinguish from most any of the nation’s central bankers’ meetings over the past nine years.