Tag: Nation

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, file photo, pedestrians with shopping bags cross a street in Philadelphia. The Federal Reserve releases consumer credit data for August on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Americans cut back on credit cards for 3rd month

Martin Crutsinger · October 7, 2013 7:57 pm

Obama climate adviser stepping down

Obama climate adviser stepping down

Washington Examiner · October 7, 2013 7:11 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In its first major campaign finance case since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Supreme Court is considering whether to undo some limits on contributions from the biggest individual givers to political campaigns. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky want the court to overturn the overall limits on what contributors may give in a two-year federal election cycle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

High court weighs limits on campaign contributions

Mark Sherman · October 7, 2013 7:05 pm

VA says progress halted in cutting claims backlog

VA says progress halted in cutting claims backlog

Kevin Freking · October 7, 2013 7:02 pm

FILE - This Sept. 24, 2013 file photo shows a sheet of uncut $100 bills as they make their way through the printing process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The new $100 bill, with a number of an array of high-tech features designed to thwart counterfeiters, will finally get its coming out party on Tuesday, partial government shutdown or not. The Federal Reserve, which has not been affected by the shutdown, will have armored trucks rolling from its regional banks around the country headed to banks, savings and loans and other financial institutions with the new C-notes. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

New $100 bills start circulating Tuesday

Martin Crutsinger · October 7, 2013 7:00 pm

Court considers ending Stanford Ponzi scheme suits

Court considers ending Stanford Ponzi scheme suits

Jesse Holland · October 7, 2013 6:59 pm

ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal

ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal

Alicia Caldwell · October 7, 2013 5:59 pm

Chris Sharp of Brooklyn, N.Y., takes a photo of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, as he waits in line for the beginning of the 2013-2014 opening term. The justices take the bench Monday for the start of their new term with important cases about campaign contributions, housing discrimination and government-sanctioned prayer already on tap. Abortion, contraceptive coverage under the president's new health care law and mobile phone privacy also may find their way onto the court's calendar. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown

Mark Sherman · October 7, 2013 5:53 pm

Budget fight offers crash course on Congress

Donna Cassata · October 7, 2013 5:51 pm

Obama thanks FEMA for work during shutdown

Obama thanks FEMA for work during shutdown

Josh Lederman · October 7, 2013 4:41 pm

Studies test how early in life to peek inside DNA

Lauran Neergaard · October 7, 2013 4:19 pm

Government seeks delay in NSA case over US shutdown

National Security

Government seeks delay in NSA case over US shutdown

The Associated Press · October 7, 2013 3:55 pm