WASHINGTON With scant success to date, the Obama administration furiously lobbied dubious lawmakers and a war-weary public on Monday in a struggle to gain support for a retaliatory military strike against Syria, blamed for a deadly chemical weapons attack last month. “They’re in tough shape. It is getting late,” U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Yahoo asked a secret court Monday to allow them to disclose data on national security orders the companies have received under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The two tech companies filed separate, similar motions Monday with the secret court that oversees that law. Two other companies, Google and Microsoft, have […]

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says Barclays Bank PLC has agreed to pay $36.1 million to settle allegations it backed subprime home loans it knew were risky. Coakley says the settlement filed in court Monday includes more than $25 million for reduction of principal and other relief for more than 450 subprime […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to condition a short-term spending bill for averting a government shutdown next month on making Senate Democrats vote on — but not necessarily pass — a tea party-backed plan to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The move would be a partial victory for conservatives demanding a House […]