Government And Institutions

The city of Dallas is asking a federal court to settle a long-running fight over which airlines can operate out of the local airport.

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Thursday.

Critics have long predicted that President Barack Obama's policy to shift America's focus toward Asia is doomed.

A program designed to promote ethanol and biodiesel fuels will be expanded to companies using plant-based plastic, rubber and fiber in manufacturing products such as bottles and packaging, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.

Federal regulators have imposed restrictions on mortgage business for six banks, saying they've fallen short in meeting requirements of agreements addressing past abuses in the foreclosure process.

The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to raise the cost of attending the school system by up to 5 percent for in-state undergraduates, the first increase in three years.

An IRS watchdog says budget cuts to the agency are taking their toll — and more are on the way under legislation that has advanced through a House panel.

A new report from the investigative arm of Congress largely blames the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs for hindering energy development on tribal lands.

Alexander Hamilton, who has been featured on the $10 bill since 1929, is making way for a woman.

Republican Gov. Paul LePage pledged Wednesday to use his line-item veto power to strike out "several hundred" items in the $6.7 billion budget that lawmakers sent to his desk just after midnight, blasting Democrats and Republicans alike for securing money in the spending plan for their own pet projects instead of funding his priorities.

President Barack Obama and his Republican allies on trade are thinking of restarting their legislative push in the Senate.

Targeting youth unemployment, Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to propose tax credits to encourage businesses to train young people and offer apprenticeships to develop lifelong job skills.

The government is paving the way for up to about 1 million people covered by underfunded multiemployer pension plans to face benefit cuts over the next few years.

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated).

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says there's "not a reason in the world" why the U.S. economy can't grow at 4 percent annually.

Six months ago Wednesday, Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro stunned the world by announcing an end to their nations' half-century of official hostility.

House Speaker John Boehner says he's committed to passing a major trade deal as soon as possible, but he has not figured a way out of Congress' logjam on legislation that's a priority for President Barack Obama.

Wild gyrations in Hong Kong share prices are raising concerns that a new trading link with mainland China is a conduit for questionable trading practices that could undermine the city's reputation as a center of global finance.

State senators on Tuesday scrapped a plan to freeze tax credits for historic preservation work for two years amid concerns that the proposal could stop some significant restoration projects around the state.

The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday to impose up to an additional 65 cents per phone line and an extra $52 per household to help counties pay for the growing cost of their 911 emergency communications centers.