White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday that President Obama will allow jobs legislation to pass, even if Republicans remove tax language. “We believe that if Congress were to send a portion of the American Jobs Act, the President would, of course, not veto it,” White House Press…

By Andrea Salazar David Petraeus, testifying for the first time as CIA director, told the House and Senate select committees on intelligence Tuesday that the U.S. is safer now than it was 10 years ago, but a slate of threats still remain.  During the hearing, Petraeus pointed out the threats…

The Super Committee got advice Monday from the former chairmen of the President’s Debt Commission: “go big and be bold” by increasing the deficit reduction to at least $4.5 trillion. Former Sen. Alan Simpson and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles warned  that the U.S. is running out…

Activists from Amnesty International gathered outside of the Justice Department Tuesday to urge the Obama administration to investigate former Vice President Dick Cheney for war crimes.

A majority of Americans believe that the economy has worsened throughout the summer, but President Obama’s re-election chances have not dwindled, according to a new poll.  An Associated Press-GfK poll revealed that 86 percent of adults see the economy as “poor,” an uptick of three percentage points since June.  …

Former New Mexico Governor and long-shot GOP presdiential hopeful Gary Johnson said Friday that there is still hope for his presidential bid. Although Johnson is not the most widely recognized, or well-funded candidate, he thinks that New Hampshire presents an unique opportunity to flip the GOP totem pole. In a…

By Anastasia Degtyarenko The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday a new set of rules under the Affordable Care Act that will provide customers with a better understanding of their health care coverage and will make insurance agencies more transparent. “Insurance can sometimes be the most difficult…

* S&P wrote to securities regulators Monday and said while it believes the company should disclose “significant errors” that affect ratings, the SEC should avoid rules that would define what TYPES of errors were significant enough to require disclosure (get it -) * This is three days after Treasury Dept…

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Friday that Congress should have passed a funding extension for the Federal Aviation Administratio weeks ago. In a conference call with reporters, Trumka said the blame for the nearly two-week long impasse that resulted in 74,000 workers being furloughed lies squarely with lawmakers on both…

By Andy Wiltrout House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) told reporters Wednesday that the energy policies of the Obama administration are killing jobs and keeping the nation’s weak economy from expanding. Whitfield, who chairs a Subcommittee on Energy and Power, targeted the Environmental Protection Agency, arguing…