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That $1.8 billion figure represents the after-tax loss claimed by Volkswagen in its new quarterly statement. The carmaker's loss before taxes was far higher, at $3.8 billion.

Paul Ryan will officially ask his party to nominate him for speaker of the House on Wednesday. He has secured the support of the most conservative and rebellious members, but can he govern them?

There will be a renewed focus on a surging Ben Carson, while Jeb Bush needs a strong performance during the debate — which is focused on the economy — to assuage nervous donors.

In a wide-ranging interview with a Russian news agency, the suspended FIFA president says of Russian President Vladimir Putin that "Vladimir Vladimirovich is a good friend of Joseph Josephovich."

In her new book, Stacy Schiff evokes the world of Salem, Mass., and the bitter winter of 1692 when 19 people were hanged for witchcraft. Reviewer Maureen Corrigan calls The Witches a "haunting" tale.

Thursday, October 29 tune in for two spooky stories by Edgar Allan Poe. First is "The Premature Burial" underscoring the terror of being buried alive.…

The Nation's Report Card came out today, and the news is not good, especially on the math front.

Ryan publicly declined to run for speaker at least three times this year, but then said he relented after pressure from Republican leaders.

IBM is buying The Weather Co.'s digital assets, including Weather.com and Weather Underground. The deal is a bet on big data and cloud computing in forecasting and analyzing weather.

Two F-16 fighter jets from Atlantic City were dispatched to monitor the aerostat, which drifted from Maryland to Pennsylvania.