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Michigan Radio spoke with Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin about a wide range of topics on Wednesday - starting with the situation in Egypt.Levin says…

The U.S. Senate begins debate on changes to consumer bankruptcy laws. Business groups started trying eight years ago to put new restrictions on bankruptcy filings by consumers. The number of filings was soaring at the time. More recently, they've declined, but the plan remains a Republican priority.

This week, the Obama administration unveiled its plan to help banks get so-called toxic assets off their books. While it's unclear how far the plan will need to go, Christina Romer, the head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, says getting a trillion dollars' worth off the banks' balance sheets will be "unbelievably helpful."

He was a young man when he first came to Congress, tall, gangly, and with questionable taste in haircuts and ties.Owlish old Sam Rayburn swore him in on a…

Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste Marie is out with its annual year-end list of words and phrases that should be banned for overuse.As you may…

UPDATE 1:24 p.m.: A spokeswoman for Governor Rick Snyder says the governor expects to sign the bill which would reduce the number of weeks jobless…

For 10 years, journalist Yang Jinsheng secretly collected official evidence about the terrible famine in China a half-century ago. In his chilling book Tombstone — which is banned in his homeland — Yang estimates that 36 million people died of starvation and other causes during the famine, even as grain exports continued.

President Obama has been re-elected. Democrats and Republicans have maintained their respective majorities in the Senate and in the House. So does this mean there will be more partisan gridlock? Fresh Air talks with political analyst Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute.

In his new book, the New York Times columnist explores how the U.S. fell from industrial, political and academic glory after the Cold War. "Just when we needed to be lacing up our shoes and running faster, we put our feet up," he says.

At his new venture, The Blaze, Beck has far fewer audience members soaking in his commentary than he did at Fox News. But the numbers don't tell the whole story. Fox helped amplify Beck's voice, whereas now, Beck projects his message on his own terms.