... all House members and some senators, including Sherrod Brown, facing re-election, campaigning often sidetracked the ability to meet and make progress. On Thursday, Brown and Sen. Rob Portman, another committee member, maintained their optimism.and more »

(Adds quotes from central bank interview, background). By Teis Jensen and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen. COPENHAGEN, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A money laundering scandal at Danske Bank involving billions of euros of suspicious flows is serious enough to ...and more »

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Dec. 12 is scheduled to address the city's rising pension costs. Even with more money (courtesy of higher taxes) flowing into city worker retirement funds, they remain alarmingly underfunded. Here's what we hope Emanuel will say: ...

When President Donald Trump nominated Alexander Acosta for Secretary of Labor in February 2017, he had an immediate backer in Sen. Marco Rubio. "I know Alex Acosta well, and he is a phenomenal choice to lead the Department of Labor," the Florida ...and more »

Every person who has ever offered you an almond voted for Jill Stein. • I'm still reeling from thinking about that bowl of unshelled pistachios. • If a pistachio were a person, it would have a mustache and say things like “I'm just not really feeling ...

With just one month left in their party's exclusive eight-year lease on Michigan government, Republican legislators are poised to leave gaping exit wounds in the state's environmental safety net before a new Democratic governor takes office in January.

New Delhi: The government is looking at an inter-ministerial consultation on the draft personal data protection bill, aimed at seeking “widest consultation and feedback”, before introducing it in Parliament, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday.

Union Minister of Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said Digital India initiatives have gone beyond political barriers and no State or Central Government has opposed the new initiative of Modi Government that has potential to change India. Speaking ...and more »

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and ex-presidential candidate, took to Twitter just recently to let loose on Sen. Jeff Flake — and oh how so, so true. “Flake is a selfish narcissist who would stop one of the few things he ...and more »

They included former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, former Australian treasurers Wayne Swan and Joe Hockey, US Federal Reserve chairperson Janet Yellen and her predecessor Ben Bernanke, former US Treasury secretary Jack Lew, Bank of ...and more »