The president bristled at criticism of his compromise with the GOP: “This isn’t an abstract debate,” the president said. “This is real money for real people that will make a real difference in the lives of the folks who sent us…
While most people support extending at least some of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts due to expire this year, a new Gallup/USA Today survey finds that Americans are deeply divided on which cuts should continue — and for how lo…
Following General Motors’ historic return as a publicly traded company Thursday, President Obama said the U.S. government, despite the many critics, is on track to more than recoup the nearly $50 billion it invested in the Detr…
The U.S. Interior Department has accused the White House of misrepresenting scientists’ views to imply they were in favor of an oil-drilling ban. In actuality, the scientists hadn’t been asked for their opinions on whether the …
The more lenient lending policies enacted by the Federal Reserve last month have so far failed to increase demand from small businesses, indicating that the federal government’s attempts to spur the U.S. economy through more ag…