Backstory

The Times's Mark Landler on the Treasury Department considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks in an ... more

The Times's Ian Urbina on the removal of tens of thousands of names from voter registration rolls in at least six swing st... more

The Times's Gretchen Morgenson on "flight to safety investments" and on taxpayer bailouts. more

The Times's Eric Schmitt on a military investigation concluding that recent American airstrikes in western Afghanistan kil... more

The Times's Vikas Bajaj on the Federal government buying large amounts of short-term debt in an effort to stimulate the cr... more

Mark Landler on the European Union looking to bolster confidence in the global financial markets. more

Jeff Zeleny on the McCain campaign shifting their message away from the economy and focusing on Barack Obama's character. more

Louis Uchitelle on consumers pulling back on their spending, all but guaranteeing that the economic situation will get wor... more

Adam Nagourney on what the latest poll numbers mean for Senator Barack Obama. more

Jeff Zeleny and Elisabeth Bumiller on what we may have missed on the campaign trail this week. more