President Obama has had a hard time getting his nominees through the Senate. A rundown of where some of his new picks stand.

In Mark Fiore's new cartoon, Little Suzy Newsykins tells us about her summer job at the IRS "Determination Center," where she expects to pass her days doing very little work at all.

Get need-to-know facts about social welfare nonprofits -- also known as dark money groups -- who don’t have to disclose their donors.

Ten years after George Bush's tax cut on dividends, Bruce Bartlett says even conservative economists can't defend it, including the one who pushed it through.

Apple's CEO says he welcomes a review of the U.S. corporate tax system, but his company has spent a lot of money lobbying Congress to keep the status quo.

Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford look ahead to what life could be like after 10 years of sequestration and austerity.

Harry Reid has threatened to change Senate rules and subvert the silent filibuster used against presidential nominees.

Chris Hedges writes that we must either defy the corporate state or accept our extinction as a species. He believes rebellion is the only way to remain fully human.