Topic: U.S. Congressional Research Service

As US and Vietnam get closer, human rights concerns grow

Ties between the US and Vietnam are good, but Vietnam's human rights record has activists asking if Washington is pushing Hanoi enough on political, economic, and free speech reforms.

Decoder Wire Ted Nugent meets Secret Service: Was he singled out?

Secret Service scandal sheds light on sex tourism in Latin America

Secret Service Colombia scandal: Agents working too hard, or not hard enough?

On eve of Iran nuclear talks, sanctions bite

What the 'Buffett rule' reveals about Obama tax reform plans

Economist Mom Why broadening the tax base is so difficult

Drug testing: Florida aims to be first to test public workers

Gas prices fact check: Six ideas in Congress, but can they work?

Decoder Wire How to get House and Senate bills to match up on payroll tax cut?

Backchannels Are the assassinations of Iranian scientists an act of terrorism?

US Chamber sees limp economy, high unemployment rate in election year

Iraq ledger: War by the numbers

Absent a super committee, now who'll lean on Congress to cut US deficit?

Punish Iran for its nuclear secrecy? How sanctions could work.

Opinion Super committee: Let Bush tax cuts expire and your work will be done

Piece by piece, will Obama's health-care reform law be dismantled?

How flat will Rick Perry's flat tax be?

Opinion Founding Fathers' advice to deficit 'super committee': Bring US troops home

Tornados, fires, floods: How much will Congress allot for disaster aid?

Deregulation will not create jobs

East Asia's top 5 island disputes

Debt-ceiling drama just a preview of December?

A balanced budget amendment to solve the debt crisis? It's an old story.

Out of options in debt ceiling talks? Nope, here are five.