Washington Bureau

The Senate on Tuesday passed a landmark bill that gives consumers new protections in their agreements with credit card companies, but one result may be a return to annual fees...

It had taken weeks of hardball negotiations, but by Sunday afternoon White House officials thought everything was falling into place. In less than 48 hours they would unveil a landmark...

For years, as North Korea built its nuclear arsenal, U.S. officials considered international negotiations to be their best chance, if not their only hope, for dealing with the renegade, secretive...

Burning enough coal to power a city of 200,000 people, Alcoa's Warrick Operations aluminum smelting plant in southwestern Indiana is exactly the kind of energy hog that could face heavy...

For weeks, Gen. Ray Odierno had passionately pressed his point with Defense Secretary Robert Gates: President Barack Obama's plan to release photographs depicting alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners would be...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CIA chief counters Pelosi's claim Panetta insists lawmakers were 'briefed truthfully' about treatment of detainees CIA Director Leon Panetta fired back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday,...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused the Bush administration and the CIA of misleading Congress about waterboarding prisoners, escalating a political fight with Republicans over her knowledge of the...

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. has grown complacent as a dominant military and economic power, forgetting important ideals in the rush to accumulate wealth and position through...

WASHINGTON -- In today's economy, golf is in the rough. And with a bad lie. Once-haughty country clubs are offering specials. Courses have closed or cut back on maintenance. The...

President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday proposed a broad new framework for regulating the complex world of over-the-counter derivatives, vowing to shine a light on the financial products behind the...