Washington Bureau

After firing the two top Air Force leaders last year for a series of embarrassing nuclear weapons mishaps, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was told Thursday that the same problems of...

Two senior Al Qaeda operatives were killed in a CIA missile strike on New Year's Day in Pakistan, including a suspect in the suicide bombing of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel in...

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead a major heath-care reform effort, cruised through his first confirmation hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, suggesting an early...

Moving to avert a TV blackout that could strike millions of U.S. households, President-elect Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday to delay next month's planned switch to all-digital broadcast television....

Congressional Democrats on Thursday struck a deal with Citigroup Inc., with the financial giant supporting a bill that advocates say would help homeowners in bankruptcy to modify the terms of...

Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author, is set to take up a key cause in the Barack Obama administration: regulation. The president-elect is expected...

The Army issued a formal apology to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan after it sent them letters with the salutation "Dear John Doe." In December, the...

Only a few weeks ago, congressional leaders talked of approving a huge stimulus package by Inauguration Day. But the drive for quick action has become entangled in the push and...

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and brother of President George W. Bush, has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate, ending weeks of speculation that he would preserve...

Barack Obama insists America has only one president at a time. But for the next two weeks, this city shows all signs of hosting two -- working a mile apart...