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Published July 27, 2011
The Treasury secretary warned that even the appearance that the government might default on its debts was "unthinkable," and urged lawmakers to act swiftly so as to get the matter "out of the minds of the international markets."
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Published July 22, 2011
If the White House and lawmakers cannot reach an agreement to raise the country’s debt ceiling by the Aug. 2 deadline, it will fall to President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to determine how Uncle Sam pays his bills – indeed, which bills the federal government will pay, and which it will set aside – once the country has no more borrowing power.
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Published July 05, 2011
In recent weeks, signs of fracture have emerged in the normally solid relationship between organized labor and the Obama White House.
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Published July 04, 2011
Keystone-XL will rank alongside the pyramids in Giza as one of the most ambitious construction projects ever undertaken – if the $7 billion pipeline ever gets built.
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Published July 01, 2011
“Keep in mind,” President Obama cautioned reporters halfway through his hour-long news conference Wednesday morning, “that the business community is always complaining about regulations. When unemployment is at 3 percent and they're making record profits, they're going to still complain about regulations because, frankly, they want to be able to do whatever they think is going to maximize their profits.”
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Published June 27, 2011
A multimillion-dollar ad campaign targeting President Obama comes as Democratic groups gear up to target Republican candidates
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Published June 21, 2011
The slumping housing market is serving as a drag on the broader American economy as it struggles to recover the effects of the Great Recession, and which solutions is best depends on one’s view of the efficacy of government intervention
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Published June 20, 2011
Since the spring of 1967, the "consumer confidence" measure has become a reliable, though not infallible, indicator of how likely consumers are to spend their disposable income. For much of 2011, however, consumer confidence has been lower than what it was for the same time frame in 2010.
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Published June 13, 2011
On the 40th anniversary of the leak of the Pentagon Papers, the National Archives issued a massive release of material from the papers. Fox News' James Rosen examines five prevalent myths about the Pentagon Papers.
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Published June 09, 2011
Army Sergeant First Class Leroy A. Petry will receive the Medal of Honor next month after acting heroically in battle in Afghanistan.
