The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the financial system designed to impose greater regulation on major players like hedge funds. ...more

March 26, 2009

Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit's Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse. ...more

December 7, 2008

Facing massive job losses, the White House and congressional Democrats are negotiating a deal to provide about $15 billion in loans to prevent Detroit's weakened auto industry from collapsing. ...more

December 6, 2008

Twenty years ago, many of the nation's great freshwater-fed bays were on the brink of collapse. Victimized by decades of pollution, once-bountiful oyster and crab fisheries were dying, sea grasses were receding and multimillion-dollar seafood-based economies were at risk. ...more

November 23, 2007