Jim Puzzanghera

President Barack Obama, speaking on the day Congress began dissecting his budget, ffered a spirited defense Tuesday of his spending plan -- and of the future deficits it projects. He...

President Barack Obama, responding to growing taxpayer and political outrage, reversed course Monday and ordered his administration to "pursue every legal avenue" to challenge $165 million in bonuses recently paid...

A $7.2 billion provision in the economic stimulus bill to extend high-speed Internet service to rural and other underserved areas has been hailed in Congress as the 21st Century equivalent...

Congress on Wednesday granted a four-month reprieve to the millions of consumers who risk losing access to television signals during the nation's switch from over-the-air analog television to digital. Though...

With Congress moving toward passage of an $800 billion-plus economic stimulus plan, big government is back. The stimulus is bigger than the Pentagon's entire budget. It's more than the U.S....

The move to delay next month's nationwide transition to all-digital broadcast television stalled Wednesday in the House, but supporters expected the measure to pass as soon as next week. A...

In the first major test of President Barack Obama's ability to push his ambitious agenda through Congress, the House on Wednesday approved the largest attempt since World War II to...

The move to delay next month's nationwide transition to all-digital broadcast television stalled Wednesday in the House, but supporters expected the measure to pass as soon as next week. A...

As trumpets played and drums rolled, Barack Obama walked smiling out of the Capitol and into the winter sun to take his oath of office, stopping to embrace an icon...

Bailout cash: Despite widespread dissatisfaction with the way the Bush administration used the first half of the $700 billion financial bailout fund, the Senate on Thursday voted to trust President-elect...