The presidential candidates and their respective parties have benefited from large donors who have given tens of thousands of dollars to fund-raising committees.
AP - With a timely endorsement from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, there's new life to the idea of Congress returning to Washington next month to pass a second round of measures aimed at injecting life into the economy.
AP - The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it will start buying commercial paper — a crucial short-term funding mechanism many companies rely on for day-to-day operations — from money market mutual funds.
AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain dismissed the idea that he can't win the presidency if the top issue is the flagging economy and used a remark by Democrat Barack Obama's own running mate to argue that Obama isn't ready to be president.
A new national poll suggests that only a quarter of Americans think things are going well in the country today, while the rest of those questioned are angry, scared and stressed out.