Huffington Post By Shahien Nasiripour The financial system poses an even greater risk to taxpayers than before the crisis, according to analysts at Standard & Poor's. The next rescue could be about a trillion dollars costlier, the credit rating a… more »

Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Millions of people stuck on the jobless rolls would receive an extension of unemployment benefits averaging $309 a week under a Senate bill that appears set to break free of a Republican filibuster. Democrats have strippe… more »

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A containment cap over the underwater gusher in the Gulf of Mexico resumed siphoning oil and gas to a surface vessel Wednesday night, according to BP. The cap was removed Wednesday morning after an undersea robot acciden… more »