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The Citizens' Commission on Jobs, Deficits and America's Economic Future, a grassroots coalition of labor leaders and economists, on Tuesday released its own recommendations for cutting the deficit. In …

The Senate's passage of the Food Safety Act, the most sweeping food-safety law in 70 years has thrown a spotlight on the US food supply. Here are five of …

Information is the currency of democracy. -Thomas Jefferson Since 9/11, the US government, through Presidents Bush and Obama, has increasingly told the US public that "state …

The President met with Republican leaders at the White House this morning to talk about whether the Bush tax cuts should be extended to top taxpayers, as Republicans want. …

Webcast 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast Discussants Responding to December 1st Fiscal Commission Report: Joseph Stiglitz Dean Baker Nancy Altman John Irons Robert Kuttner Today, President Obama's …

An extensive report released by the Pentagon today shows that repealing the “don't ask, don't tell” ban on openly gay and lesbian military members poses a low risk to …

Washington - A diplomatic cable from last February released by Wikileaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile programme refuted the U.S. suggestion …

Congressional Republicans are apparently intent on a big showdown with Elizabeth Warren, who is currently building up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This is very good news …

Seoul, South Korea - For the first time, North Korea made its uranium enrichment program a matter of written record Tuesday with the proud claim in the country’s leading …