The Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 462,000. That’s close to Wall Street analysts’ estimates of 460,000 and the second straight drop.
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AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said.
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As the Arkansas Senate race heats up, Sen. Blanche Lincoln wants to set the record straight on her view of settling health care reform with a simple majority vote.
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Republicans on Capitol Hill say they are “deeply concerned” over news that, during his confirmation more than a year ago, Attorney General Eric Holder failed to notify them about a terrorism-related legal brief he helped craft.
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A House Judiciary Committee task force charged District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. with a long-standing pattern of corruption.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s aides knew about concerns over ex-Rep. Eric Massa’s behavior as far back as October, Fox News has learned, raising the possibility that the scandal could dog Democratic leaders even though Massa is now out of office.
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As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, the State Department is blaming the Iraqi government for arbitrary killings of civilians and other human rights abuses.
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Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye will also probe whether the governor lied about his intentions to pay for World Series tickets.
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After a year of pitched battle with the Obama White House over health care reform, the Chamber is now priming for a the 2010 midterm cycle in which executives say they pro-business lobby will spend close to $200 million, more than double its spending in 2008.
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After being shunned by scores of colleges across the country for more than 40 years, the U.S. Army’s ROTC program is making a comeback.
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