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Budget Battles

  • Romney's VP List: A Cautious, Wide Open Search

    By Steve Holland, Reuters

    The presumptive 2012 nominee, Romney is expected to make a steady, "do-no-harm" vice presidential choice and avoid the type of "Hail Mary" selection that Palin represented, in his bid to unseat...

  • Obama Targets Human Rights Abuses

    By PHILIP BARBARA, Reuters

    President Barack Obama will issue an order on Monday to allow imposition of sanctions on foreign nationals who use new technologies such as cell-phone tracking and Internet monitoring to help carry...

  • Will a Price Hike Result from Obama's Oil Plan?

    By DAVID SHEPPARD, Reuters

    Under Obama's request to Congress, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) would determine how much speculators need to pay to trade U.S. crude oil futures, in theory increasing the amount...

  • The Income Gap: A New Look at an Age-Old Problem

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Noted University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith has written and edited a new book called “Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis,” which says...

  • Romney’s Veepstakes: Seven Govs on the Short List

    By Edward Morrissey

    Rick Santorum’s withdrawal from the Republican presidential nomination sweepstakes last week leaves Mitt Romney the presumptive choice to lead the GOP ticket in the fall. Romney had a strong...