WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff billed clients for more than 400 White House contacts, but a congressional report says that number is uncertain.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. pregnancy resource centers, which get federal funds, are accused of wrongly telling women that abortions increase risks of breast cancer. A minority congressional report requested by U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., also alleges that these center

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. agency has dropped a speaker from a Jacksonville, Fla., sexual abstinence panel in reaction to conservative criticism, a report said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- In a landmark civil lawsuit against the tobacco industry, the U.S. government scaled back its demands for penalties from $130 billion to $10 billion.

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. House committee released memos from drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. indicating it hid known health risks of the prescription drug Vioxx.

WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., is seeking hearings on government billings by a Halliburton Co. unit, mostly for importing fuel to Iraq.

WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. government watchdog agency said the Medicaid program has overpaid for prescription drugs purchased for its indigent beneficiaries.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. congressional staff analysis has determined many federally funded abstinence programs for teenagers offer false and misleading information.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Bush administration has been accused of persistently manipulating scientific data to serve its ideology and protect interests of political backers.