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The Securities and Exchange Commission wants American banks to publish more details about their exposure to European sovereign debt, a factor in the recent bankruptcy of the futures brokerage MF Global Holdings.

U.S. authorities are investigating allegations that an Indian spy unit hacked into e-mails of a U.S. commission that monitors economic and security relations between the United States and China, including cyber-security issues.

The Internal Revenue Service said on Monday it is reopening a voluntary disclosure program for taxpayers who have evaded taxes by hiding money offshore in secret bank accounts.

As the U.S. government nears a deal with top banks to resolve mortgage abuses, the Justice Department has begun reaching out to other banks to gauge their interest in joining the wide-ranging settlement, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, locked in a violent struggle against a wave of unrest, is to make a speech Tuesday on the internal issue and international and regional developments, state media said Monday night.

On the eve of a widely expected victory in New Hampshire, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney struggled to repel attacks on his business record Monday as rivals tried to weaken him before a tighter vote in South Carolina.

The top U.S. communications regulator on Monday proposed measures to eliminate the waste and fraud plaguing a telephone subsidy for the poor, and broaden the program to bring high-speed Internet to more low-income households.

Mitt Romney said Monday that he likes being able to fire people who provide services to him, adding another soundbite that can be used in attack ads his GOP opponents and Democrats are using to paint him as a rich capitalist out of touch with American voters.

While doctors claimed that Jack Jablonski would never walk again, the 16-year-old high school hockey player, who severely injured his spinal cord during a game, has made great strides in recovery and is already moving his arms.

Republican voters have been morose about their electoral options in 2012, and their mood is not improving going into New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday, according to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

A divided Republican Party ends its debate marathon during its 2012 nomination process by beginning another marathon: the primaries. However, Mitt Romney will try to make the race a short one by winning big Tuesday night in the New Hampshire primary.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to step down from power in response to ongoing protests in the country, but a stipulation that the oppressive leader will receive immunity in prosecution in exchange has restarted civil unrest in the country.

A group of Republican senators said in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act must be entirely struck down should the individual mandate be deemed unconstitutional.

In a statement from the White House State Dining Room, President Obama praised Daley's contributions to his administration during his short time of service.

Here is an overview of Ron Paul's economic plan, including his proposals on job creation, taxes, entitlement programs and health care reform.

The International Atomic Energy Agency -- the United Nations' atomic watchdog -- said that Iran has started enriching uranium at a fortified underground site in Fordow, near the city of Qom.

White House Chief of Staff William Daley is resigning effective at the end of this month, to be replaced by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Jacob Lew.

General Electric (GE) and a slew of trade groups for the oil, agriculture and manufacturing industries are supporting a family seeking to challenge Environmental Protection Agency authority.

A day of protests in Nigeria is coming to a close, but the nationwide unrest is far from over as protestors assume the Occupy moniker in an effort to re-instate a fuel subsidy and to show their distaste for President Goodluck Jonathan's government.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is taking a tour of Latin America this week. He makes stops in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador, but not Brazil.

Here is an overview of Mitt Romney's economic plan, including his proposals for job creation, tax reform, entitlement reform and health care reform.

While directing a sexually-charged statement toward female audience members is something the Republican Party -- or any political party -- may logically want to stay away from in an election year, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's Sunday appearance at a Romney for President rally suggests he's not an expert yet regarding the constructive way to address hecklers.

Ron Paul's 2012 campaign is indeed, in his own words, catching up on Mitt every single day.

European shares fell on Monday in thin trade, with banking stocks among the worst movers led by UniCredit as it commenced its rights issue, while worries about the start of the U.S.earnings season also weighed.

Laws in the current legislative session include efforts to alter the teaching of evolution in public schools, requiring that certain laws take their basis from the Magna Carta, and giving the legislature the power to dissolve the Superior and Supreme Courts.

Nigeria is in the midst of a general strike and nationwide protests against the government, which removed a fuel subsidy at the start of the year. Is there a movement and is it growing in strength?

Obama has recast himself in preparation for the 2012 election, pivoting from compromiser-in-chief to a more aggressive posture of denouncing Republican obstructionism and enacting measures that do not require Congress' consent. That tactic has extended to immigration policy, with Obama presiding over a series of administrative changes to how immigration laws are enforced.

They are apparently on a hunger strike as well.

Ron Paul's 2012 campaign got a boost when he uttered his famous And I Went line during Saturday's New Hampshire debate in a heated exchange with Republican rival Newt Gingrich.