Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, will face charges that he used IEDs to kill three people and injure more than 200 at the Boston Marathon; he could face the death penalty. Officials said he indicated that he and his brother had acted alone, using bomb-making instructions they found on the web. Read More

The cleanup continues from an oil spill in Mayflower, Ark., and a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, but little is being done to prevent similar disasters from occurring elsewhere. Read More

President Obama assembled members of his federal law enforcement team at the White House Friday morning while the FBI, local police, and the National Guard continued to scour Massachusetts for the surviving Boston bombing suspect on Friday morning. Read More

The West Fertilizer Co., which had previously been fined by the EPA for failure to comply with federal safety regulations, was rocked by a massive explosion Wednesday night that left more than 160 people wounded and killed as many as 15. Read More

Immigrant justice groups and labor unions referred to the bill as a good "starting point." Read More

A new report says the empirical case for austerity is partially based on an Excel spreadsheet error. Read More

Police departments and civilians across the country are "a little warier" of their surroundings after Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon. Read More

President Obama, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and others offered their condolences to the victims of the attack. Read More

We may think of the Cayman Islands when we think of tax havens and shadow banking, but states like Delaware are also major players in the world of underground finance. Read More

If sharp spending cuts don't help the economy, why are they the new normal in Europe and the United States? Read More

Critics say that the bill, which would allow workers to trade overtime earnings for time off, would erode workplace protections. Read More

A comprehensive immigration reform package being put together by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" would tie citizenship eligibility to border control. Such measures are unlikely to please immigrant justice activists who have insisted that a path to citizenship not be linked to increased policing. Read More

Why does the White House keep offering budget cuts and expecting the GOP to make concessions in return? Never once has a Grand Bargain materialized. Read More

Immigration advocates and labor will unite Wednesday to rally in front of the Capitol building, asking for Congress and the president to take up reform sooner rather than later. Read More

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and at least 13 other senators are attempting to derail the Senate's gun control package. Read More

It's not just the Republicans who stand in the Iron Lady's shadow. Read More

The American equivalent to of Thatcherism goes something like this: Stripping the welfare state, slashing the federal budget, legislating evangelical Christian morality, and promoting an aggressive foreign policy. Read More

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday morning of a stroke. The country's first woman prime minister created a lasting legacy in conservatism - one that celebrates busting unions, privatization, and deregulation. Read More

“You can’t call yourself a Democrat and support Social Security benefit cuts,” said one progressive leader. Others said the rumored cuts would only deepen political cynicism. Read More

Conservative critics of the disability benefits system argue that it gives people an incentive not to find jobs. Read More