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Tony Harrington, 33, waits in line to talk with potential employers at a job fair in May in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Craig Lassig/The New York Times) I …

It's already gone, having barely outlasted its moment — just long enough for the media to suggest that no one thought it added up to much.

The President held a press conference June 29th to address action Congress can take right now to create new jobs and the tough choices that must be made to …

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) formally kicked off her presidential campaign yesterday, painting herself as a Tea Party candidate who is ready to lead the country back to prosperity (even …

A Chesapeake Energy worker cleans oil from a pipe pulled from the ground at the company's drilling site near Big Wells, Texas, May 17, 2011. The New Jersey Legislature …

3:45 p.m. | Updated President Obama said Wednesday that he believed Republicans would concede to tax increases as part of a deficit reduction package in time to avoid a …

(Warning: Very elementary post ahead. Most of you probably know all this already.) Mitch McConnell, Senate Republican Leader, quoted in Bloomberg: “We have seen the consequences of …

This American life of ours has long been pro-violence and anti-sex, unless the two can be merged so that violence is the dominant theme. The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed …

In the latest blow from its takeover of Countrywide Financial Corp., Bank of America Corp. tentatively agreed to pay $8.5 billion to settle claims by large investors stung by …