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Michael Froman , a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, on Wednesday won Senate confirmation to be the next U.S. trade representative.

Former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land may not have a multimillion-dollar congressional war chest at her disposal like Republican members of Michigan's congressional delegation who have passed on running next year for the U.S. Senate.

Gen. Christopher Bogdan, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.

The world's rich economies said they would take a tougher stance on fighting money-laundering and tax evasion, but promised little in the way of specific new action at the end of a two-day summit on Tuesday.

Even as Apple sizzles in the Senate hot seat for alleged tax evasion and finds itself the object of a Justice Department investigation into price-fixing e-books, the company still enjoys a vast reservoir of good faith with the American people.

The president's disaster declaration will help communities repair and rebuild roads, bridges and other public infrastructure damaged in the flooding.

Corporate profits earned outside the U.S. should be taxed "to some extent," Michigan Rep. Sander Levin, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday.

Three senior senators Tuesday called on President Barack Obama to take further military action against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top officials from the European Union.

Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top officials from the European Union.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a $1.2 million emergency dredging project meant to re-open the Saginaw River to shipping after heavy spring rains that sent sediment down river and restricted shipping access.

Muskegon County companies L-3 and Howmet Castings are among those doing business with the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a U.S. senator.

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., top right, questions military leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

Politicians sometimes use word games and bureaucratic trickery to stop initiatives they disagree with.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced on Monday that she was writing a book filled with "legalese" about how to fight what some social conservatives call the "War on Christmas."

The death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg makes the margin of error in Harry Reid's whipping for filibuster reform that much tighter, and it means that Reid might require the vote of Vice President Joe Biden to make it happen.

Hekmati, a former Marine, has been incarcerated since 2011 under suspicion of being an American spy.

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A Senate panel held a confirmation hearing Wednesday to fill the White House's post of "regulatory czar" - a powerful but little-known position charged with reviewing rules proposed by government agencies.

Traders will be closely watching Wednesday's policy update from the central bank for any clues as to when the Fed might end its unprecedented stimulus efforts.