UK Guardian Larry Elliott, Heather Stewart and John Hooper in Rome Fears that Europe's sovereign debt crisis was spiralling out of control have intensified as political chaos in Athens and Rome, and looming recession, created panic on world marke… more »

CNN Wire Staff Tokyo (CNN) -- Another reactor at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant lost its cooling capabilities Monday, a government official said. The problem was detected in the plant's No. 2 reactor Monday afternoon after an explosion ro… more »

  Politico By DAN BERMAN & DARREN GOODE The Obama administration late Friday appealed a judge's orders directing the Interior Department to act on several Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling permits. The appeal is the latest salvo in the ongo… more »

  CNN Rep. Peter Roskam says President Obama and the Democrats are on pace to triple the national debt over the next decade. more »

By Amanda J. Reinecker   Washington will spend $30,543 per household in 2010—an increase of $5,000 per household in just two years. Federal spending and deficits are increasing at levels unseen since World War II. And though President Obama has done l… more »