The Senate has put off until next week a final vote on a $410 billion catchall spending bill. ...more

March 5, 2009

The House, responding to growing public demand for more domestic energy, voted Wednesday to end a quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, giving Republicans a major victory on energy policy. ...more

September 25, 2008

Pitching was about all the Rays had to hang their hat on Monday, as their offense was hardly clicking on all cylinders against a series of mediocre Orioles pitchers. ...more

September 23, 2008

The U.S. trade deficit has gone on a diet, helped by strong exports of farm products and manufactured goods and by Americans spending less as the economy limps along. ...more

August 13, 2008

Veterans' disability payments should be increased immediately by up to 25 percent as part of a sweeping overhaul designed to compensate for a wounded warrior's lost 'quality of life,' a special commission recommended Wednesday. ...more

October 4, 2007