Keith Olbermann is ready to go to jail over it. Howard Dean is assaulting the White House over it. "It" is the individual mandate, the source of rare cross-ideological agreement in the health care debate. ...more

December 23, 2009

Want to keep IRS auditors away? Keep your earnings under $200,000 and they won't bother you 99 percent of the time. ...more

December 23, 2009

Laurette Philipsen went to work in physician Louise Wilder's office in 1998. ...more

November 4, 2009

Laurette Philipsen went to work in physician Louise Wilder's office in 1998. ...more

November 2, 2009

President Obama's carefully worded speech and press conference Tuesday night left a very important thing unsaid. ...more

March 26, 2009

At least for the next year or so, nearly every household with an income below $500,000 is likely to get at least a tiny tax cut. ...more

February 15, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's massive, $790 billion economic stimulus plan is on track for a Friday vote in the House, Democratic leaders say, after a 24-hour delay caused by late, lingering controversy. ...more

February 13, 2009

The proposal would allow a tax credit of 10 percent of the value of new or existing residences, up to a $15,000 limit. ...more

February 5, 2009

Barack Obama on Tuesday abruptly abandoned his nomination fight for Tom Daschle and a second major appointee who failed to pay all their taxes, fearing a lingering ethics dispute would undercut his claims to moral high ground and cripple his presidency in just its second week. "I screwed up," Obama declared. ...more

February 3, 2009

People angry and frightened that they've lost almost half their life savings in a year are calling the 401(K) retirement law a failed experiment that needs a risk-free, mandatory replacement. Some even want Congress to take emergency action to help workers refill their depleted accounts. ...more

February 2, 2009