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For more than a decade, Chicago Tap Theatre has pioneered its own genre of summer entertainment in the form of the "tap opera," a tale told with lean narrative and lots of clickety-clacking feet. "Mama's Boy," the troupe's 11th entry, plays Friday...

A California bill that would fine large companies whose employees rely on Medicaid has Darden Restaurants so worried that the company's chief executive officer recently visited state lawmakers to lobby against it. The Orlando-based owner of Olive...

* Despite past gains, resentment grows * Brazilians want better government, public services * Rousseff embraces protesters' cause, vows change By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - When more than 200,000 protesters took to the streets...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When more than 200,000 protesters took to the streets across Brazil on Monday night, they demanded a dizzying array of improvements - from halting the fast rise of prices to cleaning up government corruption. If one message...

I realize that members of Congress have to suspend their sense of irony just to get through the day, but I'm still having trouble understanding how the House could consider cutting food stamps in the name of personal responsibility while creating new...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system got a boost on Tuesday when the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that the measure would cut federal budget deficits and boost the U.S. economy. The...

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The White House threatened to veto a five-year farm bill on Thursday because of "unacceptable deep cuts" in food stamps for the poor that could increase hunger across America. In a statement on the eve of debate in the...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pressuring welfare recipients to get a job or face losing their benefits may put them at a slightly increased risk of dying over the long term, according to new research. A study that tracked Floridians on welfare over...

LONDON — After years of unrelenting austerity, Europe seems to have turned a corner on its debt crisis — right into a dead-end street. Since the turmoil erupted in 2009, countries from Ireland to Greece have focused almost exclusively on...

SACRAMENTO — After months of public hearings and backroom negotiations, the state budget will be up for a vote in the Legislature on Friday.  Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers reached a deal on the budget earlier this week, and staff have been...

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers passed a budget Friday that lays the groundwork for the largest expansion of public healthcare in the country, placing the state at the leading edge of President Obama's federal overhaul. The budget, which the...

The amnesty under consideration in Congress would come at an enormous cost: more than $5 trillion over the lifetime of immigrants who are legalized. But the bill is structured to hide most of those costs from voters. To see how, let's start with some...