Gingrich earned twice as much as previously disclosed from ethanol lobbying group
The weekly watchdog: Dec. 12 - Dec. 16
Jesus Sosa Mancia, a CKD patient in Bajo Lempa, El Salvador, during a home visit by a medical team from the national health ministry.
Mercury falling: Groundbreaking power plant emissions rule imminent
A fisherman walks near Lake Champlain, N.Y., where mercury contamination has prompted the state to issue advisories against eating some fish.
EPA allowed unsafe handling of asbestos, IG says
An unprotected worker sprays an asbestos-filled building prior to demolition at Fort Chaffee, Ark.
FACT CHECK: Final fight for GOP in Iowa
Republican presidential candidates from left, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., prepare for a debate in Sioux City, Iowa.
FACT CHECK: White House brings partisan slant into payroll tax explainer
Minor offenders, major consequences
Kirk Gunderson of Onalaska, Wis., hanged himself in the La Crosse County jail in 2005, when he was 17.
Fact or fiction?
President Obama speaks at a rally for health care reform at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.
EPA releases long-awaited power plant air toxics rule
NRG Energy's W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station, in Thompsons, Texas.
Bank of America to pay record settlement over Countrywide abuses
Bank of America Corp's headquarters building.
IMPACT: Agency task force conducting ‘top-to-bottom review’ of ‘model workplaces’ program
The Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., which is home to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
School arrests in Connecticut bring new scrutiny, reforms
Courts debate validity of Indian-owned payday lenders
The exterior of Miami Nation Enterprises, which has an online payday lending business that has sovereign status beyond the reach of state regulators.
Tea Party ‘super PAC’ going after Sen. Orrin Hatch
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, accompanied by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., left. Hatch says a tax on medical devices will increase insurance premiums and the cost of care.
International Consortium Adds 41 Investigative Journalists
Billionaire backer may open wallet for Gingrich but bring unwanted baggage
Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp, center, with his wife Miriam Adelson look the the construction model of a new hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau.
California school discipline numbers need scrutiny
Tyler joins Gingrich PAC, big ad buy imminent
Navy accounting remains in shambles
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey take part in a news conference at the Pentagon.
ANALYSIS: Awards for health care reform wimpery and obfuscation
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., presents a Republican budget plan to overhaul Medicare benefits for the elderly.