Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. ...more

July 4, 2008

Government workers singled out for arbitrary, irrational or vindictive treatment by supervisors will find no relief in the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, unless the mistreatment is because of discrimination on the basis of race, sex or another protected category. ...more

June 10, 2008

Government health officials began cracking down Wednesday on Internet sales of custom-mixed hormones for menopausal women, a market created when doctors deemed prescription estrogen therapy too risky for many patients. ...more

January 10, 2008

Government auditors said they found nearly $90 million in potentially questionable payments from the Medicare program to contractors helping enact the prescription drug benefit for the elderly and disabled. ...more

December 21, 2007

Government-backed investors from the Middle East and China have pumped billions of dollars into U.S. companies this year without stirring the kind of national security concerns that have scuttled previous deals. ...more

November 29, 2007

Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline. ...more

November 24, 2007