To the Point

Mitt Romney refuses to release more than 2 years of tax returns or clarify when he left the firm that made him a fortune. Why fellow Republicans are urging transparency.

With billions of dollars flowing more freely than ever before into the political process, has the US reached the point where money is all that matters in an election?

The US Labor Department is weighing a new rule to extend minimum wage and overtime pay to the approximately 2.5 million workers caring for elderly Americans at home.

When formerly middle class workers are on the streets with their children, what's the future of the "American Dream?" The human cost of long-term unemployment...

The GOP House is voting to repeal "Obamacare," with the Democratic Senate expected to ignore it. After SCOTUS' ruling, is it good politics to debate the issue again?

Unmanned, remote-controlled drones are re-making America's military. Some 30,000 drones are expected within US borders by 2020. What are the civilian applications? Risks?

What the growing LIBOR scandal could might mean for $350 trillion in contracts from worldwide business, municipal governments mortgages and student loans.

New parenting reflect that "we haven't raised our children to be competent." Is it the "generation gap" again or legitimate concern about the realities of today’s economy?

America's female soldiers have served on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the law says they can’t be assigned to combat. It’s a dispute raging from the Pentagon to the Congress.

500 US citizens are on the FBI's No-Fly list, without explanation or any appeal. We hear about high-tech terrorist technology and the denial of Constitutional rights.