Ken Stanford

House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he will again insist on spending cuts and budget reforms to offset the increase.

Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility and his opponent as reckless.

Home Depot said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income climbed nearly 28 percent as unseasonably warm winter and increased business from contractors and other professional customers boosted results at the world's biggest home-improvement company.

Red Clay Interactive and United Community Bank have been named an Official Honoree of the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Banking/Bill Paying category for its redesign of United Community Bank

Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said.

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the bank.

A memorial service for Michael S.

Brenau University has inducted a number of students from North Georgia into the university's chapter of the National Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for First Year Students.

Confidence among U.S. builders rose to the highest level in five years in May.