William Neikirk

For 25 years, Congress has barred oil companies from drilling in U.S. coastal waters. During that time, it had been considered virtually taboo for politicians from affected states to call...

At a party on Sunday, a friend who happens to be a serious bank officer showed up wearing a Washington Redskins jersey, with the name "Green" on the back. That...

Yielding to increasingly sharp complaints from trading partners, China said Thursday that it will no longer peg the value of its currency to the U.S. dollar. The Asian nation's decision...

The Bush administration sought to soothe the public's growing concern about the U.S. economy Wednesday, projecting that the ongoing expansion would continue at a "healthy and sustainable pace." The president's...

President Bush on Wednesday gave a political and financial boost to the first Palestinian leader to visit the White House during his presidency, offering assurances of active U.S. involvement in...

In her black cowboy hat and fancy gown, Susie Hitchcock-Hall of Midland, Texas, came to celebrate President Bush's inauguration and also to do a little business. At the Texas State...

Evelina Toumpakari and Dmitriy Cherkashin, both graduate students in mathematics at the University of Chicago, say the dollar's new arithmetic simply doesn't add up for them. The dollar's dramatic fall...

Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, whose unapologetic support for broader surveillance and investigative powers after the Sept. 11 attacks drew bitter criticism from civil liberties groups, resigned Tuesday. Commerce Secretary Don...

Republicans appeared certain to retain control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday after pulling off key wins in the South, and they had the prospect of widening their current narrow...

Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected North Korea's conditions for resuming six-party talks over its nuclear program, saying they would lead only to new conditions that would keep...