The transportation community in the states should want the federal government to be fired. Over the next few weeks, they are waiting for negotiators in Congress to pass a highway bill. If lawmakers are successful (and there is no ...

In a Thursday afternoon conference call, J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive James Dimon announced an estimated $2 billion in losses over six weeks, news that could have a significant impact on the fight over the forthcoming...

When President Obama delivered his "Buffett Rule" speech on Tuesday afternoon calling for a minimum tax on the wealthy, he did so in a zip code where three of four people earn $200,000 or more in taxable income, according to the l...

If Republican presidential candidates hope to appeal to the economic concerns of voters in Wisconsin’s primary on Tuesday, they’ll have to address the pervasive feeling there that the recovery is passing the state by.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering from a heart transplant, according to media reports.

The Obama administration's approach to housing policy is a story of missed opportunities, competing priorities, out-of-whack expectations, and a few noteworthy successes.

There’s at least one bit of common ground on surface-transportation legislation: Everyone wants to make it easier to finance local infrastructure projects.

The Federal Reserve issued a slightly sunnier economic outlook on Tuesday following a single-day meeting of its policy-setting committee, but remained cautious about the overall state of the recovery, echoing its previous statemen...

The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in February and earlier months' gains were greater than previously thought, the Labor Department reported on Friday, painting the picture of a solid recovery that gives President Obama some room...

Economists expect Friday's jobs report to show good trend lines. The political problem for President Obama is that the overall numbers still are not.

GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cast his new tax plan, which includes an across-the-board 20 percent income tax cut, as conservative, amibitious and unique among the plans offered up by his rivals in a Read More »

The national debt would expand under three of the four GOP presidential candidates, according to an analysis of the candidates' proposals, The Washington Post reported.

An Obama administration plan would cut the top corporate tax rate but raise revenue overall by closing loopholes and ending subsidies -- an election-year proposal meant to draw a contrast with Republican contenders for the Wh...

The U.S. economy appears to be gaining strength, but that won’t prevent another bitter showdown over raising the debt limit this year, according to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.