The two lives of John Edwards have collided spectacularly in the federal courthouse where the government is trying him on charges of campaign finance fraud and conspiracy.

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Edwards Trial Shows Affair’s Strains on Campaign

Skechers agreed to pay a hefty $40 million fine to settle charges of deceiving consumers by making “unfounded claims” that its Shape-ups shoes would help people “lose weight, and strengthen and tone their buttocks, legs and abdominal muscles,” the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.

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Skechers fined $40M for butt-tone claim

Several members of the Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee said they would consider expanding efforts to stimulate the U.S. economy if threats to the recovery worsen, according to minutes of the panel’s April meeting. Read full article > >

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Fed officials open to more efforts to stimulate economy if recovery worsens

The Federal Reserve is worried about the impact on the US economy if government spending is cut sharply, minutes of its April meeting show.

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Fed wary of any US spending cuts

LightSquared said in its bankruptcy filing Monday, it will continue to try to win over the Federal Communications Commission to get its satellite venture up and running — a process that can take up to two years. Read full article > >

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LightSquared pledges to push forward after bankruptcy filing

The House is expected to vote Thursday on a Republican plan that would spare the Pentagon from the deep across-the-board spending cuts envisioned as part of last summer’s debt-ceiling agreement, reviving what has been an emotional debate in Washington about the best ways to reduce the federal budget deficit. Read full article > >

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House to vote on GOP plan that would forestall Pentagon cuts

The Federal Reserve also said that it would continue existing efforts to stimulate the economy.

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Fed to Stick With Existing Measures

At issue is whether states can regulate immigration or whether that’s the exclusive role of the federal government.

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Supreme Court takes up Arizona’s immigration law

An undercover investigation by the Federal Trade Commission found funeral homes nationwide deceived customers into making purchases they weren't required to make and failed to give up-front pricing to customers.

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Funeral home sting turns up violations

According to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 72 police officers were killed in 2011, a 25 percent increase from the previous year and 75 percent rise from 2008.

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Defying Trends, Killings of Police Officers Are on the Rise

Two scientific papers that describe experiments with a virulent and contagious bird flu virus should be published in uncensored form, a committee of scientists advising the federal government said Friday. Read full article > >

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Biosecurity advisory board reverses decision on ‘engineered bird flu’ papers

This item has been updated. House Republicans dropped plans Monday to vote on a three-month extension of federal highway funding, citing insufficient support for the measure. All federally-funded roadwork is slated to grind to a halt on March 31 . If Congress fails to act before then, the federal government can not collect $93 million per day in gas taxes, millions of construction jobs could be put at risk and eligible commuters would have to wait longer for a planned boost in employer-paid public transportation subsidies. Read full article > >

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Short-term highway funding bill scrapped

The Federal Trade Commission asked for legislation that would allow consumers to access the information collected on them by so-called data brokers.

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F.T.C. Seeks Privacy Legislation

We asked : Okay, so you may not be singing Biggie Small’s lyrics from “Mo Money Mo Problems,” but if it turned out that you were able to get that 0.5 percent raise that President Obama has proposed for the federal workforce, tell us, just what would you do with it? From the serious to the sarcastic, you said: Read full article > >

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What would a 0.5 percent raise mean?

The decision by the Justice Department and the FBI to open an investigation into the slaying of an unarmed black teenager in Florida has spurred internal debate at the agency over whether the federal government could bring criminal charges in the case, which has sparked widespread protest. Read full article > >

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As Justice Department investigates shooting of Florida teen, doubts arise about federal charges