The Justice Department warned corporate America on Monday that the government will aggressively investigate big firms that improperly dominate markets. Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney said the department is abandoning legal guidelines put in place by the Bush administration in …
Congress has shelved a $10.9 billion bill to provide health care for ground zero workers, partly due to opposition from New York City officials. Mayor Michael Bloomberg objected to a provision in the bill that would have required the city …
New York City officials told Congress this week that they are tightening requirements on tower construction cranes after a spate of recent accidents there, as well as others in Las Vegas and Miami. Robert LiMandri, the city’s acting Buildings Commissioner, …
There are signs of a potential compromise to end the Bush administration’s standoff with states resisting new standards for driver’s licenses. For people who live in those holdout states, the dispute raises the specter of hassles at airports and federal …
Homeland Security officials are pushing recalcitrant states to adopt stricter driver’s license standards to end a standoff that could disrupt domestic air travel. States have less than a month to send a letter to the Homeland Security Department seeking an …
Federal officials said this week they will investigate why a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund created by Congress to cover claims of sick ground zero workers is fighting the cases in court rather than distributing money. The World Trade …
A federal safety panel concluded earlier this year that Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle died in a New York City plane crash because he and his instructor misjudged a turn. The finding has done little to settle the legal fights which …
Come clean, one lawmaker demanded of ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman. Tell us the truth about the health dangers in the air around ground zero, said another. Yet for three hours at a congressional hearing Monday — and for nearly six …
Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the massive reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and upstate New York signed on …
Dubai Ports World, the company whose planned takeover of major U.S. port operations ignited a political firestorm earlier this year, has agreed to sell those operations to AIG Global Investment Group. The company announced the deal Monday. The operations at …
