Matthew Sollars

President Barack Obama has proposed sweeping new regulations for banks, saying they will help prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.

The Supreme Court has ruled that government cannot restrict political contributions by corporations, overturning key campaign finance provisions.

The nation's intelligence chief accepted blame for the government's mistakes in failing to prevent the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt.

Democrats are signaling that they'll scale back President Obama's health care overhaul, in hopes of getting at least part of it approved.

The New York Times has announced that it will start charging readers for unfettered access to its website starting in early 2011.

A lone gunman suspected of killing eight people before disappearing into dense Virginia woods and firing on a police helicopter surrendered peacefully at sunrise today, ending an overnight hunt by dozens of law enforcement officers.

The head of the city's teachers union says his members are not to blame for Albany's failure to pass a bill that could have helped the state win $700 million in federal aid.

The Cleveland Orchestra strike is officially over after the musician's union approved a new labor agreement on Tuesday.

Governor David Paterson presented a state budget plan that would boost taxes and fees and slash spending on hospitals, nursing homes, and schools.

Medicine, food and water is slowly reaching survivors of last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti, but bottlenecks are preventing supplies from reaching all those who need help and the help that is getting through is still far from enough.

Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, has been set free from prison in Turkey.

It's been five days since the massive earthquake struck Haiti, and the race is on to free those still trapped beneath the rubble.

President Obama is throwing himself into the surprisingly close race to fill Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat.

Gov. David Paterson is proposing a four-year moratorium on so-called unfunded mandates.

Help is on the way to Haiti this morning, as the Caribbean nation struggles to get back on its feet.

President Barack Obama announced today that he will try to impose a new tax on about 50 of the country's largest banks.

Democrats on Capitol hill say they've reached an agreement on a major stumbling block in health insurance reform: whether and how to tax high-cost insurance plans.

Here’s a list of relief organizations, if you want to help.

A state Senate panel has recommended expulsion for Queens State Sen. Hiram Monserrate.

Yemen officials say they have killed an alleged leader of an Al-Qaeda cell in the country.