Washington Bureau

It was the kind of choreographed event that keeps elected officials in office for decades: a member of Congress giving a small town a jolt of money and a shot...

President Barack Obama, whose health-care and economic stimulus initiatives may dramatically inflate the federal budget deficit, heralded a new push Saturday to cut wasteful spending. The president said that in...

The federal government's declaration Friday that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health marked a first step toward likely regulation of the tailpipe emissions of cars, power plants and...

After 78 years of standing in the Capitol, Thomas Starr King is on his way out, ousted by a better-known Californian -- Ronald Reagan. A bronze statue of Reagan, who...

Baring what he called a "dark and painful chapter in our history," President Barack Obama on Thursday released previously secret Justice Department memos that provided graphic guidance to the CIA...

The economic downturn and the election of the nation's first black president are contributing to a resurgence among right-wing extremist groups that had been on the wane since the Oklahoma...

Across the country, Republicans and their conservative allies sought to ignite a grass-roots rebellion against President Barack Obama on Wednesday, staging scores of Tax Day "tea parties" to demand tax...

President Barack Obama announced Monday that highway projects spurred by the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus plan are coming in "ahead of schedule and under budget," but the program's early...

Two prominent governors, California's Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pennsylvania's Ed Rendell, sent a private memo to President Barack Obama saying he needs to assert more political leadership instead of leaving it...

The prosecution team that took on Ted Stevens could not have been under more pressure. The Alaska senator, up for re-election, was the highest of high-profile defendants, the imperious former...