Calling the housing crisis the “single biggest drag on our recovery,” President Obama is urging Congress to act on his latest housing refinance plan. “In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of Americans, we need Congress to act. They’re the ones who have to...

The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are already in trouble with the government. Some are pressing for new laws or regulations that would benefit their interests in energy, mining and high finance.

Politico - For many supporters, this was fundamental betrayal.

A primer on Nevada politics, from the tumultuous 2010 elections to its quirky caucus rules, the Mormon vote to Yucca Mountain, from The Las Vegas Review-Journal's politics reporter.

Hackers have taken over the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.