What’s the worst that could happen?

That’s a question that James Rickards spends a lot of time pondering these days, as he sifts through the national security implications of the financial crisis facing the United States. …

Pronouncing himself “gravely concerned” about the SEC’s failures to detect investor Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday he has ordered a full review of what happened inside the beleaguered …

President-elect Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are scouring the Pentagon budget for cuts.

Some of his liberal campaign supporters would like to see some of that defense money poured into domestic programs. But wresting money from the …

With housing numbers plunging, industries with a stake in the market are ratcheting up efforts for help in the emerging economic stimulus package.

Forecasts for the housing market have gone from bad to worse. Earlier this month, Credit …

Lobbying coalitions are lining up to get a piece of the economic stimulus bill, the yet-to-be-drafted legislation that’s expected to be the first priority of the new Congress.

President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to approve a broad …

Women’s reproductive rights groups and their allies are fighting what they call a last-minute attempt by the Bush administration to roll back women’s health protections and restrict access to birth control.

At the center of the controversy is …

Tom Daschle’s new post as head of the Health and Human Services Department and a newly created White House health reform office gives the former Senate majority leader unprecedented power to drive the coming health care debate.

The …

The government bailout for American International Group came just weeks after the insurance giant poured $1.5 million into the host committee accounts for the two national party conventions.

AIG is just one of a handful of corporate bailout …

As a federal prosecutor, Neil Barofsky made Refco Chairman Phil Bennett cry on the stand in the commodity trading company’s $2.4 billion accounting fraud case last year in New York.

Financial services companies, get your tissues ready. …

Even before Barack Obama won the presidential election, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was plotting how he could make money off it or steal political leverage from it.

To capture a glimpse of the high drama and palace intrigue, …