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Nearly 150 San Diego veterans will have a bed to sleep on a little while longer. The cold-weather tent in the Midway District was slated to come down at 8 a.m. today, but got a last minute reprieve.

Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson stood before Congress and declared an "unconditional war on poverty in America." His arsenal included new programs: Medicaid, Medicare, Head Start, food stamps, more spending on education, and tax cuts to help create jobs.

Public health experts and operators of food pantries are working to alleviate a reality in which many residents of low-income neighborhoods do not know when they will eat their next nutritious meal.

Libraries will have to share the burden of California’s fiscal emergency if Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal stands. But, cutting $30 million in state funding could result in a loss of federal money too.

Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes with mortgages are underwater. But federal budget cuts have sharply reduced the supply of housing counselors who can help distressed homeowners in the nation's hardest hit communities. One Virginia city is demanding — with some success — that banks pick up the tab.

After a long bumpy ride that started in 2008, the domestic airline industry seems to be pulling up and smoothing out.

Twelve days after the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., the first charges have been filed against Jared Loughner. Experts say his strongest argument, an insanity defense, could be difficult to use at the federal level — and even tougher in a state court.

Transcript of President Obama's victory speech in Chicago on Tuesday. Source: Federal News Service

Transcript of President Obama's victory speech in Chicago on Tuesday. Source: Federal News Service

The man who illegally purchased two weapons found at the scene of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder was sentenced in Phoenix for weapons charges.