Government And Institutions

Lawmakers are streaming back to Capitol Hill after their summer vacation for an abbreviated September session in which feuding Democratic and Republican leaders promise action to prevent a government shutdown while holding votes aimed at defining the parties for the fall campaign.

For the struggling Spanish shopkeeper or the Portuguese restaurant owner, the European Central Bank's latest economic stimulus plans won't likely provide much relief anytime soon.

The state regulator overseeing the closure of Southern California's San Onofre nuclear power plant says that a settlement outlining who pays for the work needs to be a better deal for consumers.

After investigating the IRS for more than a year, two key senators — a Democrat and a Republican — disagree on whether the tax agency treated conservative groups worse than their liberal counterparts when they applied for tax-exempt status.

The Sedgwick County Commission has approved a funding mechanism to allow Wichita State University to start construction on a $43 million Experiential Building, the first building in a proposed multi-million dollar, 20-year plan that would transform the university's campus.

New York insurance regulators have approved higher health insurance rates for 2015, though the increases are smaller than what the industry wanted.

The IRS says it has lost emails from five more workers who are part of congressional investigations into the treatment of conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status.

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

Detroit's chief financial officer is set to return to the witness stand for a second day in the city's historic bankruptcy trial.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has met with his Indian counterpart on a two-day state visit during which they are expected to sign a deal to allow the export of uranium to New Delhi for use in power generation.

The White House on Friday sent Congress a request for $30 million to pay for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to help contain the Ebola outbreak in western Africa.

U.S. regulators are proposing to label insurer MetLife Inc. as a potential threat to the financial system, a designation that brings stricter government oversight.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but fewer people overall are collecting benefits.

A Texas woman romantically linked to indicted U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges she lined up straw donors for his 2010 campaign but then denied through her lawyer that Grimm knew anything about it.

A labor judge has ruled that Michigan's largest teachers' union should let members drop out at any time.

The state's highest court Thursday reduced penalties imposed against two electric utilities for their response to a pair of 2011 storms, but upheld the standard used by Massachusetts regulators in evaluating how the companies performed after widespread power outages.

The developer of a northern Nevada biofuel production plant declared his project ready for construction, after receiving a federal loan guarantee for about half the cost.

Creditors who oppose the proposed settlement of Detroit's bankruptcy case have been having their say to the judge deciding whether to approve it.

Legal or not, the business of selling weed in the U.S. is as wacky as ever.

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week.