War is expensive, and it’s about to get more so as the U.S. government escalates its military efforts in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON—-While a blizzard paralyzed Washington, it did not slow down the health care legislative stampede on Capitol Hill. The bill being rushed through by Senator Harry Reid and Senate Democrat leadership will fundamentally alter American health care.

It’s officially official.

When it comes to managing the country’s purse strings, Washington gets a failing grade from several groups of citizens and experts across the country.

When it comes to figuring out what has caused the country’s record accumulation of debt, just about every politician in Washington has a theory.

Ed Gullo never thought he’d be on this side of a package delivery. Gullo, 61, of Newburgh, N.Y., is driving a truck for FedEx during the holiday shipping rush that started after Thanksgiving.

The push to address the United States’ long-term fiscal problems, and to remove the debate from the partisanship in Congress, took a step forward Wednesday.

Macau celebrated its 10th anniversary of Chinese rule Sunday, a decade marked by the extraordinary transformation of the once seedy Portuguese colony into a glitzy international gambling capital.

Inside, there are no victims, no killers, and no questions. There are only bright white lights and the click-clack of sewing machines in this new garment factory in war-torn eastern Sri Lanka.

Macau, heavily reliant on its gaming industry, plans to diversify its economy over the next five years into sectors such as logistics, its new leader Fernando Chui said on Sunday.