As President Bush dispatched a group of business leaders to lobby for a $700 billion economic rescue plan Thursday, leaders from ...

AP - House members are getting another chance to vote on a bill many would like to avoid: a massive financial rescue that has infuriated millions but is being promoted as critically needed to stave off a deep recession.

Federal health officials are planning to use mail carriers as a "quick strike force" to deliver antibiotics house-to-house should ...

Jeb Hensarling said he doubts he will be persuaded to vote for the bailout, even in its modified form.

The naysayers who join Rep. Brad Sherman are an ideologically diverse group of House Democrats.

The overwhelming Senate vote upped the pressure on the House to pass the $700 billion rescue.

Congressional leaders hope the revised bill will receive House support in a vote expected Friday.

The government doles out too much anti-terrorism money to towns and cities for emergency equipment that rarely gets used while ...

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens never paid for a $5,000 backup generator installed at his home, the former friend whose company did the ...

The Senate is moving to revive a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan with a vote tonight that Democratic and Republican leaders ...

Ever since Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented his plan to Congress 12 days ago, lawmakers had been skeptical. They didn't ...

Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed a prosecutor Monday to pursue possible criminal charges against Republicans who were ...

Iraq has bought 12 new U.S.-built reconnaissance planes, the Defense Ministry said Monday, a small and early step in the country's ...

With stocks falling and raw feelings in the air, House leaders canceled plans to leave Washington and prepared for more negotiations.