Government And Institutions

Press Secretary Jay Carney suggested Congress acted to stop FAA furloughs as a favor to 'bellyaching' business travelers.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the U.S. intelligence community believes the Syrian government has used sarin gas on a small scale against rebels.

Claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to 339,000, offering reassurance that the bottom is not falling out of the labor market.

A plan proposed by former Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, Edward Lazear, actually involves paying for U.S. citizenship.

Sen.Max Baucus hopes to soon introduce a bipartisan bill to give the White House enhanced authority to negotiate trade agreements and win their approval in Congress.

Newly designed $100 bills that aim to thwart counterfeiters with advanced security features will hit the market in October, but still bear the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

Finance leaders of the G20 economies Friday edged away from a drive toward government austerity in rich nations, rejecting hard targets for reducing national debt in a sign of worry over a sluggish global recovery.

New claims for unemployment benefits rose to 352,000 last week from 348,000 the week prior. Claims were expected to increase to 350,000 from an initially-reported 346,000.

Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana has launched an effort to eliminate another area of potential government waste: oil paintings.

Business inventories rose less than expected, suggesting restocking of warehouses could give a smaller boost to economic growth in the first quarter than analysts had forecast.

New claims for unemployment benefits fell to 346,000 last week from an upwardly-revised 388,000 the week prior. 

The U.S. budget deficit narrowed in March compared to the same month last year, as the government got more money from payroll and income taxes and had to spend less on its financial rescue fund.

Why is the government ignoring a cost-free way to sign up the estimated 18 million low-income uninsured for health coverage under the health-reform law?

The immigration debate has historically tended to focus on the costs and burdens to the economy. But new data have shifted that debate to the potential benefits.

A new report now says fracking could create anywhere from half a million new jobs in California by 2015, even 2.5 million jobs by 2020, plus a bundle in the way of state tax revenue.

Apple Inc submitted a legal brief on Thursday opposing the U.S. government's attempt to force the technology company to unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, one day before the filing deadline.

OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers might later take "other steps" to curb a global supply glut if a preliminary deal between the world's biggest producers proves successful.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a motion seeking to compel Apple Inc to comply with a judge's order for the company to unlock the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, according to a court document filed Friday.

China's central bank issued a slew of measures on Tuesday to support steady growth of industries as the economic slowdown weighed on a spectrum of sectors.

The European Central Bank is ready to ease policy in March if the financial market turmoil or the pass-through effect of low energy prices reduces inflation expectations, President Mario Draghi said on Monday.