MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new study suggests there may be 100,000 fewer Hispanics in Arizona than there were before the debate over the state’s tough new immigration law earlier this year. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s plan to buy more Treasury bonds has incited critics at home to complain of inevitable high inflation and financial turmoil. (more)
PARIS (AP) — Nicolas Sarkozy may want to keep the pen as a souvenir. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen.-elect Rand Paul says GOP lawmakers must be open to cutting military spending as Congress tries to reduce government spending. (more)
BERLIN (AP) — The dollar is steady against the euro as markets await what is expected to be a weak U.S. job report and digest the Federal Reserve’s decision to pump billions more into the financial system. (more)
Oil prices moved higher Tuesday as a weaker dollar put some traders in a buying mood as they awaited details on the Federal Reserve’s plan to boost the economy. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says its bank bailouts are over, but the spending continues. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Change at the top? Not necessarily. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP/TheDC) — President Barack Obama will appear on an episode of “Mythbusters,” a television show that uses science to determine the truth behind urban legends. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has asked Beijing to do more to stop Chinese companies from providing assistance and expertise to Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons and more powerful missiles, The Washington Post reported Sunday. (more)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans might take control of Congress as they ride a wave of voter anger over deficit spending and big government, but experts who follow agriculture say they don’t expect deep cuts in subsidies to farmers who grow crops such as corn and soybeans. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Friday the federal deficit hit a near-record $1.3 trillion for the just-completed budget year. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s giant bank bailout may well have averted a second Great Depression, economists say, but a lot of voters aren’t buying it. Support for the program is turning into a kiss of death for many in Congress. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opened its new term with Justice Elena Kagan on the bench. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court’s docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and three women on the bench for the first time. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wind, solar and other clean energy technologies produce jobs and are essential for the country’s environment and economy, President Barack Obama said in promoting his administration’s efforts. (more)
BRUSSELS (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers marched Wednesday through the streets of Europe, decrying the loss of jobs and benefits they fear will come with stinging austerity measures seeking to contain government debt. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a tough year for Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, one of dozens of Democrats facing a tight race to win re-election this fall. (more)
BAILOUT HEAD: Herb Allison, the head of the government’s $700 billion financial bailout program, announced Wednesday that he is resigning. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama implored black voters on Saturday to rekindle the passion they felt for his groundbreaking campaign and turn out in force this fall to repel Republicans who are ready to “turn back the clock.” (more)























