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A tax break added billions to the federal government’s current deficit, but the government says it should recoup 80 percent of the shortfall in the future.

More U.S. companies aren't pay a dime in income taxes to the federal government because of a rule that passes profits along to investors who then pay the taxes. 

Employees who know their employer is perpetrating fraud against the federal government have the right to take action.

To borrow from the old blessing or curse, we live in interesting times. The world economy is a mess, unemployment is hovering at near-record levels, and the federal government seems incapable of passing even the most obviously needed legislation.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down, Osama bin Laden is dead, and the federal government is deeply in debt.

This spells the end of what was a golden decade for the defense industry.

A prairie farm sits flooded along the Trans-Canada highway. Farmers who were unable to plant a crop this year due to flooding are being promised special relief in a $448-million aid package from the federal government and the Prairie provinces.

Even if Congress approves a deal to raise the federal government's debt ceiling, the U.S. could still lose its coveted AAA debt rating sometime in the next six months, largely because the proposed agreement does not cut enough spending.

Analysts estimate that thousands of jobs will be eliminated with the federal government’s plan to shut 40 percent of its computer centers over the next four years.

Planned cuts in the size of a mortgage that can be backed by the federal government may hurt upscale housing markets in high-cost states like New York and California.

Washington is gearing up for a battle over how many trillions the federal government can borrow, and it's shaping up to be an even bigger brawl than the one just resolved.