Government And Institutions

A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a challenge to a controversial National Security Agency program that collected the records of millions of Americans' phone calls, saying the program was not authorized by Congress.

Bridgegate marks its first conviction; David Wildstein

Medicare is wasting taxpayer dollars due to a faulty law according to a new report. FOXBusiness.com dives into the details. 

Hey Europe, let it go. Let Greece go. Here’s why it’s time to move on.

The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs was hit with a federal lawsuit on behalf of seven veterans who allege they have waited years for records needed to file for disability benefits.

Mississippi bureaucrat backs off, lets town's only Doctor to continue making house calls. 

If you're a nurse practitioner, architect, or can work a retail floor, you're in luck: Pockets of the U.S. economy are hiring despite a much weaker-than-expected read on the labor market in March. 

If you’ve got any questions this tax season, don’t bother calling the IRS. Chances are, they won’t even pick up. The agency blames budget cuts, but here’s what I think…

Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Thursday signed into law a controversial religious freedom bill that could allow businesses and individuals to deny services to gays, in a move that prompted protests from some business leaders.

A look at unemployment data from across the country.

U.S. retail sales fell in February, as auto purchases dropped by the most in more than a year and Americans spent less at restaurants and home improvement stores.

The Associated Press is suing the U.S. State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday signed into law a measure that prohibits requiring a worker to pay union dues, striking another blow against organized labor four years after the state effectively ended collective bargaining for public-sector employees.

Wisconsin lawmakers on Friday approved a bill to prohibit private-sector workers from being required to join a union or pay dues when working under union contracts, a measure supported by Republican Governor Scott Walker.

Is it me, or is the government more concerned about its own tax headaches, than your tax headaches?

It was supposed to be New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s crowning achievement, one he fought hard for and campaigned on—stopping N.J.’s growing pension crisis.

Steady economic growth and consumer spending likely led U.S. employers to hire at a healthy pace in January and extend last year's solid job gains.

You could be paying more for the same hospital procedure, nearly double, depending on where you live.

Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras promised on Sunday that five years of austerity, "humiliation and suffering" imposed by international creditors were over after his Syriza party swept to victory in a snap election on Sunday.

Fast-food workers in 190 American cities are protesting today to raise the national minimum wage to at least $15 an hour – a campaign  dubbed by organizers as the “Fight for 15.”  The current national average is $7.25 an hour.