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A San Diego tax attorney accused of promoting tax fraud schemes that helped clients evade income taxes and circumvent pension-plan rules has been permanently barred from providing tax advice and preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.

The agency responsible for everything from food stamps to elderly care is proposing to cut $96.5 million from its budget next year, thanks to a shift in responsibilities under the Affordable Care Act.

Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig where 11 men died in April 2010, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil penalties to resolve Justice Department allegations over its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

I'm a fan of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It has nothing to do with ideology, and everything to do with access.

With a shaky ceasefire holding, Israel is starting to take stock of how much the month-long war with Hamas will cost, with early estimates putting it at about $1 billion.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that federal immigration officials are doing a poor job of overseeing schools certified to enroll foreign exchange students.

By prohibiting acts like loitering and sleeping in public, cities hope to make streets safer. But advocates for the homeless say this type of legislation can be counterproductive.

Q: My youngest child is 21 and graduated from college in May. My other daughter is 24 and is still a college student in Stockton. What are my options with them under the Affordable Care Act?

Insurance plans that carry higher premiums may be a bargain for consumers with costly health conditions. Lower out-of-pocket costs for some patients can offset the higher price of the coverage over the long haul.

Until this week, Benjamin Lawsky was a little-known banking regulator in New York. His aggressive pursuit of a $340 million settlement over a British bank's financial ties to Iran has put him in the spotlight, stunning the financial world but also rubbing federal regulators the wrong way.