Search results for

The government shutdown and the disconnect on health care By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.I’d like to offer some thoughts this week about the…

The merger would create the country's largest airline, but the Justice Department says it would violate antitrust law.

"We're not some sort of developing country," Rubio said Thursday, opposing reauthorization of the agency that helps finance American companies overseas. "We're a developed financial sector."

The Burlington, Vermont Police Commission met at City Hall on Tuesday evening. Among the topics discussed was lower staffing levels and the resulting…

Scott Simon remembers the late Sen. Bob Dole. When Yugoslavia broke apart in 1991, Dole tried hard, but failed, to get an arms embargo lifted so Bosnian Muslims could defend themselves.

Alan Greenspan delivers an updated economic forecast to Capitol Hill. Members of the Joint Economic Committee want to know what Greenspan thinks about housing prices, and whether a sharp correction might bring a recession.

The Food and Drug Administration announced that hearing aids, which typically need a prescription, will be available over the counter — making them more accessible and affordable, activists say.

Before going to India, Sri Pisharody warned her daughter to watch out for people trying to steal from them. But when they got there, the opposite happened.

Congressional Democrats say they have agreed with the White House on a plan to bailout the auto industry with $15 billion in emergency loans. The House could vote on it later Wednesday. The measure faces fierce Republican opposition in the Senate.

The merger of Delta and Northwest has a powerful foe in Congress. James Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says it will lead to other mergers that will mean higher fares and fewer choices for consumers.