Elections

Budget Battles

  • Newt Gingrich's Last Day on Campaign Trail?

    By Samuel P Jacobs, Reuters

    Tuesday could be the final stop of Newt Gingrich's wild ride of a presidential campaign. The Republican candidate told NBC News he would reassess his candidacy depending on his finish in Delaware,...

  • Romney Aims for Five Wins Today

    By Steve Holland, Reuters

    Mitt Romney's expected wins in five states that hold primary votes on Tuesday will earn him scores of delegates on his way to becoming the Republican presidential nominee and allow him to concentrate...

  • How Do You Say Arrgh in German?

    By James Saft, Reuters

    It's not simply an austerity backlash in the euro zone; it is a policy backlash, as everyone appears to blame everyone else for a host of overlapping and conflicting policies which clearly aren't...

  • Food Stamps: Desperate Need or Double Dealing?

    By Eric Pianin

    The House Agriculture Committee vote last week to cut $33 billion in spending for food stamps in the coming decade probably won’t stand, but it is emblematic of the vulnerability of this key social...

  • $14T Spent on Debt-Ridden Global Economy--So Far

    By Stella Dawson, Reuters

    The amount of money thrown at rescuing the world economy since the Great Recession began is truly staggering, probably more than $14 trillion, and the financial spigots are still open.