Washington Bureau

President Barack Obama announced a $75 billion plan to ease the epidemic of home foreclosures Wednesday. Here's what's in the plan for you: Q. Who will benefit from this plan?...

For the past eight years, the Justice Department and the Bush administration were relatively quiet on the issue of race and its place within the social fabric of America and...

A day after President Barack Obama ordered additional troops to Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there said he may need still more troops in coming months to bolster an intensified...

President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package Tuesday. What's in it for you? Q. What benefits will I see if I am working? A. You'll receive a $400...

President Barack Obama ordered his first major deployment of U.S. combat troops Tuesday, sending 17,000 additional soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan for what he described as an urgent bid to...

When Barack Obama campaigned in rust-belt Ohio during last year's Democratic primaries, he promised to renegotiate the NAFTA agreement so despised by organized labor. But as he prepares for a...

Over the past few weeks, some of Barack Obama's most fervent supporters have come to an unhappy realization: The candidate they thought was squarely on their side in policy fights...

President Barack Obama is venturing out of the White House on Tuesday for a Western swing that will see him sign into law the $787 billion stimulus package and roll...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, embarking on her first trip as the nation's chief diplomat, promised again Sunday to engage Chinese leaders on the sensitive topic of human rights, even...

WASHINGTON -- The monthlong struggle over the stimulus plan left behind a smoking battlefield of partisanship, but it also set the stage for a political collision on a scale seldom...