The federal budget deficit has hit a record $438​ billion, according to the latest estimates from​ the Congressional Budget Office.

Americans' retirement plans have lost as much​ as $2 trillion in the past 15 months,​ Congress' top budget analyst estimated​ Tuesday.

Congress held its second hearing examining the​ country's financial meltdown

The office of an Ohio congressman who has fought​ against pork barrel spending was evacuated over a​ suspicious package that turned out to be full of​ ba...

Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and​ President Bush's current Chief of Staff Josh​ Bolten do not have to cooperate -- at least this​ year -...

Thomas Frank says he's fascinated by​ contradiction and irony. So it seems cosmically​ appropriate that he arrives at CNN Center the day​ headlines ...

A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that two of​ President George W. Bush's top aides do not​ have to cooperate with a congressional​ investigation ab...

Congressional representatives hit Lehman Brothers​ chiefs for collapse that they say set off a panic​ on Wall Street and could've been avoided.

It is the first hearing into what caused the​ nation's financial markets to collapse last​ month