WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused on Monday to take sides in a long-running billion-dollar dispute between two defense contractors and the government over a cancelled contract for a Navy plane. The high court unanimously threw out court decisions that ...

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WASHINGTON — The federal government is rolling out a new official language of sorts: plain English. That’s right: Pursuant to regulations promulgated thereunder and commencing in accordance with a statute signed herein by President Barack Obama, the government shall be ...

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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Monday that he will immediately halt investments in two big government pension plans so the government can continue to borrow money. Geithner informed Congress of his decision in a letter stating that the ...

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BOSTON — An outspoken advocate for an Army private accused of funneling classified documents to Wikileaks filed suit Friday, claiming federal agents illegally seized confidential information from him at a Chicago airport. David House, a founding member of The Bradley ...

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WASHINGTON — The White House says it’s considering requiring companies pursuing federal contracts to disclose their campaign contributions. Spokesman Jay Carney says that would be achieved by an executive order that’s being drafted. With President Barack Obama officially a candidate ...

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WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republicans in Congress. “Welcome to divided ...

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NEW YORK — You’ve already paid to check your bag on a flight. Then the airline loses it. You don’t even get your money back. The government wants to change that, tackling two of the biggest complaints about the air ...

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WASHINGTON — The federal government ordered 17 mortgage lenders and servicers on Wednesday to reimburse homeowners who were incorrectly foreclosed upon. The Federal Reserve, Office of Thrift Supervision and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency also told the lenders ...

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WASHINGTON — Maryland’s environmental secretary is calling on the federal government to take a more active role in studying and regulating natural gas drilling. Acting Secretary Robert Summers appeared Tuesday at a hearing in Washington on a natural gas drilling ...

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WASHINGTON — The budget deal lawmakers struck to avoid a government shutdown was greeted by some with relief, but it has one city already reeling: the capital itself. City officials say Washington was used as a pawn last week’s budget ...

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