Government And Institutions

Senior Democrats are pushing back against an undercover government probe of President Barack Obama's health care law.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing new incentives to encourage corporations to share profits with workers.

At a time of record auto recalls and high-profile train wrecks, Republicans are working on legislation to roll back safety regulation of the auto and railroad industries.

Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week as employers remain confident enough in the economy to hold onto their staffs.

The Obama administration is proposing new regulations Thursday designed to reduce the impact of coal mining on the nation's streams.

An IRS watchdog says the tax agency provided poor customer service during this year's tax filing season as taxpayers struggled with identity theft and President Barack Obama's health law.

The IRS processed more than 126 million tax returns this year from individual filers.

A San Francisco bar is suing the NFL and DirecTV, alleging the satellite TV provider's exclusive right to broadcast certain football games is an illegal monopoly that results in higher prices.

The wheels are turning to loosen up restrictions on food truck vendors in the city of Providence.

The International Monetary Fund says Greece's debts are too big to pay and need to be partly forgiven.

Canada's provincial Northwest Territories government has been talking to pipeline companies about shipping crude oil through the Arctic, according to the territory's minister in charge of resource development.

New Jersey Transit fares will jump about 9 percent for bus and rail riders starting in October, a move the agency's board of directors approved Wednesday to help cover a gaping budget hole.

Hong Kong's securities watchdog has taken the unusual step of ordering all stock trading in a Chinese solar panel maker that it's investigating to remain suspended.

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When are workers employees? When are they contractors? The Labor Department issued new guidance Wednesday intended to help companies answer that increasingly fraught question.

Consumer taxes in Cook County will increase by 1 percentage point next year as a result of a vote Wednesday by commissioners to impose a sales tax hike designed to address the county's pension funding woes.

The White House predicts this year's budget deficit will register at $455 billion, less than it forecast in February and the lowest yet of Barack Obama's presidency.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress voiced bipartisan displeasure Tuesday with a federal agency's progress in enacting pipeline safety improvements required as part of legislation passed into law four years ago.

Heavy crude oil will be banned from a pipeline that runs under a scenic waterway where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet, state officials said Tuesday, adding they also will require independent analyses of future alternatives to the pipes and worst-case consequences of a spill.

Italy's public debt has risen to a new record of 2.2 trillion euros ($2.4 trillion), up by 23.4 billion euros in May.