WASHINGTON — A Capitol Hill deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" was proving elusive Sunday as a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every American worker and block sweeping spending cuts set to ...

In a press conference in the White House on Wednesday to announce a commission to investigate new gun laws in the wake of Friday’s massacre in Connecticut, President Barack Obama was asked about the ...

Shortly after the House of Representatives passed the fiscal cliff deal worked out last night in the Senate, President Obama spoke in reaction to the bill’s passage. He admitted it was not the exact ...

President Barack Obama spoke Monday at 1:30 p.m. — with just hours left before the midnight fiscal cliff deadline — to say lawmakers were inching closer to a deal that would prevent automatic tax ...

While the last-minute fiscal cliff aimed to help middle-class families, it was also chock-full of tax breaks for businesses and industries worth close to $68 billion. Among the special interests ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As December begins and the countdown to resolve the fiscal cliff heats up, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is hopeful. The Washington Post reports that Geithner said a deal will be reached in time ...

The fiscal cliff negotiations have the feel of a major sporting event. The media largely describe the cliff as a two-party conflict, with each side having a fighter in the ring. What House Speaker ...