NEW YORK (Reuters) - SEC Chairman Christopher Cox​ has called on Congress to pass legislation that​ would make so-called credit default swaps more​ trans...

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that​ it will take a 'significant investment of​ taxpayer dollars' to lift up the flailing​ econom...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican vice​ presidential contender Sarah Palin was the star of​ a summit of self-styled "values voters"​ Friday -- ...

LAKE FOREST, California (Reuters) - U.S.​ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama​ cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and​ alcohol as h...

The political spotlight will shine on Sens. John​ McCain and Barack Obama Obama on Saturday night,​ when the two candidates will face tough questions​ fo...

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama plan to appear​ together Saturday at a minister-moderated forum​ held in a church as thousands of evangelicals plan​ t...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W.​ Bush on Wednesday signed into law a housing rescue​ plan passed by Congress as foreclosures rise and​ pr...

The "value of a statistical life" is​ $6.9 million in today's dollars, the​ Environmental Protection Agency reckoned in May​ — a dr...

NASHUA, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican​ presidential candidate John McCain said on​ Thursday it was important to "talk up"​ the U.S. doll...