Congress has until Oct. 17 to raise the debt ceiling. Here's what happens if they don't.

Big business scored another big win in health reform last night. So what's next?

Six months into its term, there's little evidence that the 113 Congress will be the worst Congress ever. But they might be the laziest.

Dear Google Reader: You've been great. I've loved our time together. But maybe this is for the best.

Texas Democratic Senator Wendy Davis' nine-hour filibuster may be becoming to a quick end - and not due to the senator's lack of effort.

The Voting Right Act was an immensely important tool in dismantling segregation. But now it's largely about redistricting, and it might not

The economy is being ravaged by frivolous lawsuits based on broad patents. A key appeals court just missed a chance to address the problem.

Edward Snowden's plane left for Havana without him. Perhaps that was the plan all along.

In the future, sitting on domain names just won't be that profitable.

The United States would be adding 36 million new immigrants over the next two decades — a figure comparable to the population of Canada.

Rep. Mike Conaway has come up with a novel idea for getting Democrats to support the farm bill: If they don't support it, poor Americans wil

This year six states have enacted legislation regulating drone surveillance. But some of those laws could be struck down for violating free

Obama is filling a number of important vacancies on federal courts - that is, if Senate Republicans let him.

Voice of San Diego's technology was built on a shoestring. Its CEO describes why he thought it was time to invest — and how they're trying t

Some say Obamacare is cheap in California. Others say it's raising premiums by 146 percent. Who's right?

Over the last month, several Bitcoin-related businesses have faced lawsuits from rivals and raids from federal authorities. So why has the p

We've recovered 91 percent of the wealth lost since 2007. After adjusting for inflation and population growth, that falls to 45 percent. And

Fighting illicit drugs is all about raising the price people have to pay to get them. So why do they keep getting cheaper?

Do conservative reformers really believe in "equality of opportunity"? Does anybody?

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