In a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, President Obama will outline a plan to spend more on roads, railways and runways.

In an honor that could be misinterpreted as a slap in the face, a Los Angeles school district has named a new academy after Al Gore -- the only problem is the school was built on toxic soil. 

The National Black Farmers Association will call for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to fund a historic discrimination case settlement involving minority farmers.

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In another move aimed at stabilizing the still-shaky economy, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will introduce a new $200 billion tax cut giving businesses across the country an incentive to buy new equipment in the short term, according to a senior administration official.

The U.S. government's financial commitment to Afghanistan is likely to linger and reach into the billions long after it pulls combat troops from the country, newly disclosed spending estimates show. 

A Florida church's plan to burn Korans on Sept. 11 isn't doing the troops in Afghanistan any favors, Gen. David Petraeus said Monday.

Republicans have a slight edge over Democrats on the economy, according to a new national poll.

An accounting firm hired by Al Sharpton's National Action Network found the civil-rights group in such financial disarray that it flunked its record-keeping -- and may not even survive, The New York Post has learned.

With the momentum of Joe Miller's surprising win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Republican Senate primary, the Tea Party movement is setting its sights on Delaware.

The proposal, to allow businesses to write off 100 percent of new investment in plant and equipment, tops a raft of announcements, from a proposed expansion of the research and experimentation tax credit to $50 billion in additional spending on roads, railways and runways

When President Barack Obama rolled out a $50-billion six-year infrastructure proposal Monday, thousands who gathered in Milwaukee were eager to hear his message.

Several media have reported that BP will increase its target for asset sales to as high as $40 billion. This almost certainly mean disposing of its aging oil field holdings in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, which may be worth as much as $20 billion. Continue reading BP May Be Preparing More Asset Sales BP May Be Preparing More Asset Sales originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:30:00. Filed Under: Energy, Company News, Investing, BP, Stocks in the News Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

The biggest battle of all will be over what to do about the Bush tax cuts, most of which expire at the end of the year

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President Obama rolls out an economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too late?

Top Democratic and Republican leadership aides on Capitol Hill say President Barack Obama's two new economic proposals have virtually no chance of passing Congress, even before he has formally announced them.

Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle just might be the Tea Party's biggest gamble yet.

Sean Duffy was supposed to be the 2010 Republican sacrificial lamb running against one of the U.S. House's longest-serving liberal lions, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., but instead could face Democrat Julie Lassa.

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the beginning of the campaign season. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are on the line this fall, and 37 of the 100 Senate seats are up for grabs.