GOP-dominated states will add House seats as a result of the new Census count, while traditionally Democratic states will shed representatives.
22/12/2010 12:31 AM
A new nuclear-arms treaty with Russia cleared a procedural hurdle when the Senate voted 67-28 to end debate on the matter, setting the stage for a ratification vote Wednesday.
21/12/2010 10:44 PM
The FCC approved rules that would give the federal government formal authority to regulate Internet traffic, although how much or for how long remains unclear.
22/12/2010 12:28 AM
The U.S. government is phasing out paper checks for these benefit programs, under a Treasury Department rule finalized Tuesday that is expected to save $1 billion over the next 10 years.
21/12/2010 08:27 PM
The U.S. teen birth rate hit a low in 2009, a 6% decline from the previous year, and the lowest rate since health officials started tracking that data in 1940.
22/12/2010 12:13 AM
House lawmakers approved legislation to give the FDA new food-safety authority. The bill now goes to the White House for Obama's signature.
21/12/2010 10:13 PM
After the 9/11 terror attacks took her son's life, Sally Goodrich traveled to Afghanistan and founded a school for girls in an area thick with Taliban fighters.
21/12/2010 09:59 PM
Aubrey McClendon is used to getting his way. He isn't getting it from a township of 3,000 people that has raised taxes and flirted with insolvency in a battle over his proposed project on the dunes of Lake Michigan.
21/12/2010 04:46 PM
It used to be a wonderful life at the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, Pa., but today it could use a guardian angel.
21/12/2010 04:08 PM
President Obama, under fire from liberals for the tax compromise with Republicans, nevertheless has scored some recent victories and has regained a measure of independence, writes Gerald Seib.
21/12/2010 01:02 AM
Virginia is aggressively doling out cash and business incentives to lure job-creating investments to the state, even as it slashes spending to close a yawning budget gap.
20/12/2010 11:02 PM
