World leaders launched extraordinary summit talks Friday on the economic crisis gripping the globe, searching for ways to limit the current carnage and prevent future calamities. President George W. Bush declared that "billions of hardworking people are counting on us," but the summit's results were likely to be modest. ...more

November 15, 2008

After hundreds of veterans' claims documents were found recently in paper bins, waiting to be shredded, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs is considering widespread changes to its policies to better protect VA records. ...more

November 4, 2008

A review this week of 57 regional offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has turned up nearly 500 benefit claim records that were set to be destroyed, agency officials said Friday. ...more

October 25, 2008

NEW YORK - Scott McClellan, President Bush's former press secretary who angered old colleagues with a tell-all book earlier this year, said Thursday he is backing Barack Obama for president. McClellan is the second former administration official to back the Democratic candidate this week. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell came out Sunday for Obama. ...more

October 24, 2008

The Bush administration is hammering out final details of a plan that would allow the government to inject cash into banks in exchange for ownership stakes in an effort to shore up confidence in the faltering financial system, according to officials and sources who have been in contact with the Treasury Department. ...more

October 10, 2008

WASHINGTON - With extraordinary stakes on the line, President Bush has invited both presidential candidates and the leaders of the House and Senate to the White House on Thursday in hopes of securing a bill to rescue the economy. ...more

September 24, 2008

The problem wasn't that John McCain said, "The fundamentals of the economy are strong" as Wall Street was imploding last week. ...more

September 21, 2008

Someone who takes medication to control epilepsy or diabetes could end up in a situation where he or she is no longer eligible for protection under the Americans With Disabilities Act. ...more

September 18, 2008

The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike. ...more

September 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Two members of the Pasco County Republican Executive Committee say the party chairman is trying to manipulate an upcoming intraparty election to make sure he stays in power. ...more

July 16, 2008