Peter Nicholas

Kennedy seizure: Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who is battling brain cancer, was stricken by a seizure at a post-inaugural lunch with President Barack Obama and members of Congress on Tuesday....

President-elect Barack Obama's hopes of scoring significant bipartisan support for his stimulus package are fading as the debate over the nearly $800 billion plan morphs into a classic Washington impasse:...

In formally asking Monday for the release of the second half of the $700 billion financial bailout fund, President-elect Barack Obama is promising Congress he will do a better job...

WASHINGTON -- Pressing his bid for a fresh burst of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday announced he is creating a new position: a "chief performance officer" to kill...

After promising during the campaign to restore order and accountability to the nation's spy agencies, President-elect Barack Obama has been beset by an uncharacteristic set of missteps in his effort...

President-elect Barack Obama's top advisers said Sunday they won't back away from a promise to cut taxes for the middle class and raise them for the wealthiest Americans, as they...

The Cabinet of President-elect Barack Obama is a largely centrist and pragmatic-minded collection of politicians and technocrats without a pronounced ideological bent. Liberals are satisfied but not delighted. Conservatives say...

Barack Obama says his presidency is an opportunity for the U.S. to renovate its relations with the Muslim world, starting the day of his inauguration and continuing with a speech...

Obama: 'Friendship' not a budget priority President-elect Barack Obama warned home-state friends and former colleagues not to expect any special treatment when his administration starts tackling the economy next year....