Increasing government borrowing authority eases worries.

Yellen faces her first congressional hearing today as Fed chair.

Congress is not good at predicting future spending and deficits.

The number of jobless Americans who've lost their extended unemployment benefits has swelled to 1.7 million.

Executives are answering questions about data security.

When incentives to recruit new soldiers turns to fraud.

Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman is retiring after 20 terms.

Congress's Joint Economic Committee holds a hearing on income inequality. Just the latest congressional foray into the problem.

Six government programs the government is still funding. Believe it or not.

The International Monetary Fund has ended up smack in the middle of the budget debate in Washington.