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Technically, the federal government has now reached the limit of its capacity to borrow money. Raising the debt ceiling used to be a technical adjustment, made almost …

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, appears in court for an arraignment over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a maid in New York, May 16, …

Almost a third of the Blue Dog Democrats who retired or were defeated in 2010 have gone to work for organizations that lobby their former colleagues in Congress, according …

President Obama on April 13 gave another of his now notorious “maybe this/maybe that” speeches. Raise taxes on the rich, he said. But in the same breath announced, "everything's …

Donald Trump at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. Trump recently announced he would not be running for president. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Say it ain't so, Donald. …

Dear Truthout Community, Today could very well go down in history as a turning point, as the US Treasury hits the debt ceiling, the US government’s legal …

Donald Trump has fired himself. Mr. Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television host, is not going to run for president, he said Monday, ending months …

Now we know why Obama has gone to such outrageous lengths to keep Bush's lawyers out of prison, claiming powers of secrecy and immunity beyond Cheney's wildest dreams and …

US Hits Debt Ceiling The Hill reports that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is taking steps to prevent the US from defaulting after the government officially hit the …

We don't usually offer much space here to sex scandals, unless, in some cases, they demonstrate, for example, blatantly offensive hypocrisy in regard to everyone else's civil rights (talking …