President Bush Friday called Cuba a "dungeon" and vowed Washington would not lift its economic embargo until Havana released political prisoners and allowed free expression. Read more »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department plans to start directly injecting capital in U.S. banks as soon as the end of October in exchange for passive investment stakes, according to a financial policy source familiar with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's thinking. Read more »

WAUKESHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain questioned whether Democrat Barack Obama is "telling the truth" about his ties to a former left-wing radical Thursday as he tried to raise doubts about Obama's character. Read more »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House Wednesday said it hoped globally coordinated central bank interest rate cuts would start to stem the financial crisis that has hit markets worldwide. Read more »

(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain has proposed a $300 billion plan for the government to buy up troubled loans from homeowners who have seen values fall below their debt and restructure them into more affordable mortgages. Read more »