The Cook County Board has approved a new budget for next year that includes no new taxes.
No New Taxes in New Cook County Budget
The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters
The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move
Senate Democratic leaders are looking ahead to a crucial test vote on health care amid indications the rank-and-file will stand together Saturday to give them
Charlene Lugar, wife of Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), was arrested Wednesday night for drunken driving after a traffic accident
Sen. John Kerry’s daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence, police told Fox News.
Companies fraudulently collected at least $100 million in federal contracts from a $4 billion government program designated for disabled military veterans who
Congressional budget crunchers said Thursday the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that
Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver wants you to stop complaining. Seriously. The three-term Democrat from Kansas City wants the House of Representatives to
President Barack Obama says he's worried that spending too much money to help revive the economy could undermine a fragile U.S. recovery and throw the economy
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the
Millions of "pink slips" have been sent to members of Congress by voters who are warning them to abandon Washington's "charge-it-and-spend-it" programs, new
West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd has become the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history, a milestone to be marked Wednesday with a Senate
Huge crowds are expected when Sarah Palin kicks off her national book tour in Michigan. The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate is scheduled to sign
Attorney General Eric Holder is defending his decision to put the professed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial in New York — and urging critics of the plan not to
More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits,
