Obama’s address to pitch tax proposals to help middle class
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama is turning to his biggest television audience of the year to pitch tax increases on the wealthiest Americans and put the new Republican Congress…
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House rule sets up election-year battle over Social Security
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Buried in new rules that will govern the House for the next two years is a provision that could force an explosive battle over Social Security’s finances…
Boehner: Resignation of NY Rep. Michael Grimm ‘honorable’
By MATTHEW DALY and LARRY NEUMEISTER House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that N.Y. Rep. Michael Grimm made the right decision by resigning from Congress after pleading guilty to tax…
Swiss reject plan to hoard gold, limit immigration
By JOHN HEILPRIN Switzerland (AP) — Voters in Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected plans to protect the country’s wealth by investing in gold and to drastically limit immigration or to…
Obama tackles economy, cynicism in Kansas City speech
President Barack Obama worked to rally public support for his economic policies Wednesday in a Kansas City speech that expressed worry about the nation’s gap between rich and poor. He…
Obama to GOP: ‘Stop just hating all the time’
By NEDRA PICKLER President Barack Obama picks up a souvenir cup while meeting with four Kansas City residents who wrote him letters, over dinner at Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque restaurant Tuesday,…
GOP blocks tax hike on firms moving overseas
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE – This July 9, 2014, file photo shows, from left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Sen.…
VATICAN BANK ADMITS WIDOWS FELL VICTIM TO GLITCH
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this Monday, June 10, 2013 file photo, Ernst von Freyberg, president of the Vatican Bank I.O.R. (Istituto per le Opere Religiose), talks with the…