The Congressional Budget Office projects the deficit will drop below 4 percent of GDP next year and below 2.5 percent in 2015. Still, despite the improvement in the short run, the federal government faces long-term deficits, mostly tied to health care costs. Economy
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Mississippi man to appear in federal court in ricin letters case
By admin on Monday, April 29th, 2013 | Comments Off
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) – A Mississippi martial arts instructor is expected to appear in a federal court on Monday to face charges in connection with the mailing of letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials. Everett Dutschke, 41, was arrested on Saturday in Tupelo, Miss., after authorities searched [...]
Read More...Ill. teen to face terror charges in federal court
By admin on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 | Comments Off
CHICAGO — An 18-year-old Illinois man is accused of trying to join an al-Qaida-affiliated group in Syria via a sham FBI website. Abdella Ahmad Tounisi is set to appear in a Chicago federal court Tuesday. Officials arrested Tounisi as he prepared to board a plane to Turkey at O’Hare International Airport. The Aurora teenager is [...]
Read More...Opinion of federal government hits record low: poll
By admin on Monday, April 15th, 2013 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans' opinion of the federal government has fallen to a record low even as they continue to view local and state governments favorably, according to Pew Research Center survey released on Monday. Just 28 percent of Americans rate the government in Washington favorably, the lowest percentage ever in a Pew survey and [...]
Read More...Federal Housing Administration May Need Bailout
By admin on Saturday, April 13th, 2013 | Comments Off
Reverse mortgages are to blame, and the agency has until Sept. 30 to determine whether it needs to tap the treasury. The FHA commissioner said in a statement that if not for the reverse mortgages, the agency would have had a $ 4 billion surplus at the end of the year. Economy
Read More...Federal Judge To Hear Former NFL Players’ Concussion Lawsuits
By admin on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 | Comments Off
They’re suing the NFL because they claim the league was aware of the long-term health risks of concussions It’s retired players against the National Football League in a Philadelphia courtroom today. NFL Football News
Read More...Federal court hearing to determine if NFL faces concussion suits
By admin on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 | Comments Off
A federal court hearing Tuesday in Philadelphia could determine whether the NFL faces years of litigation over concussion-related brain injuries. NFL Football News : CBSSports.com
Read More...Report: Redundant federal programs waste billions
By admin on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 | Comments Off
Billions are being spent on duplicate federal programs, congressional auditors find USATODAY.com Feed
Read More...Federal lawsuit filed over Arkansas oil spill
By admin on Friday, April 5th, 2013 | Comments Off
MAYFLOWER, Ark. — Two women who live near an ExxonMobil pipeline that ruptured last week and spilled thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas filed a federal lawsuit against the company on Friday. The class-action complaint from Kimla Greene and Kathryn Jane Roachell Chunn comes a week after ExxonMobil Pipeline Co.’s Pegasus pipeline ruptured [...]
Read More...Judicial Vacancies Languish On Key Federal Appeals Court
By admin on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 | Comments Off
The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., is sometimes called the second most important court in the country, regularly delivering the final word on major environmental, labor and national security cases. But four of its 11 judge’s slots are vacant, the most in the nation. Politics
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