Social-media tools like Twitter and Facebook could soon help the U.S. government respond more effectively to disasters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will take advantage of social media and mobile-device porta…
GOP leaders will plead for the benefits of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, bringing arguments and numbers to support their viewpoint, while House Democrats will continue their counterpush, throwing ver…
For years, policymakers have reassured the public that Social Security will be solvent for decades. But outlay and income data from the Treasury reveal that Social Security is already deep in the red — by $76 billion in 2010 a…
It took about 10 years of decisions for the federal budget to get more than a trillion dollars out of whack, and it’s going to take at least five years to balance it again. The only way to do it is piece-by-piece, with equal sa…
President Barack Obama said he will order an overhaul of U.S. business regulations in a bid to cut unnecessary red tape and improve consumer protection.
In an opinion piece in today’sWall Street Journal, Obama said the overhaul will address issues su…