Washington Bureau

North Korea's threatened missile launch is designed to demonstrate its ability to carry out an intercontinental military strike, a top U.S. official said Thursday, brushing aside the country's statements that...

President Barack Obama will take questions in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, but they won't be coming from the Washington press corps. Instead, they're being suggested...

President Barack Obama, pressing Congress for a record $3.55 trillion federal budget that boosts spending on education, energy and health care, made a personal and private appeal Wednesday on Capitol...

"Hillary: The Movie" had little effect on last year's election campaign, but it could have a profound impact on a century of election laws that restrict corporations from promoting or...

A lectern, a presidential seal, the red-carpeted hallway leading to the East Room of the White House. The familiar scene conveys to Americans that the presidency is the ultimate center...

"Hillary: The Movie" had little effect on last year's election campaign, but it could have a profound impact on a century of election laws that restrict corporations from promoting or...

In the face of opposition from Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday vigorously defended his proposal to scale back two popular provisions of the tax code by limiting the ability...

The Obama administration plans to dramatically increase civilian aid to Pakistan as part of its new strategy for Afghanistan and the surrounding region, hoping the overture will lead to more...

Asa Foss spends his days fielding calls from construction workers who have been bulldozed along with Maryland's homebuilding market, and now want to join the state's unlikely boom industry: making...

Mexican drug cartels and their vast network of associates have branched out from their traditional business of narcotics trafficking and are now playing a central role in the multibillion-dollar-a-year business...