Washington Bureau

In choosing Leon Panetta to be the next CIA director, President-elect Barack Obama appears to have concluded that a spy chief who understands politics may be more important than one...

In pursuit of his twin goals of reviving the economy and transforming the political climate in Washington, President-elect Barack Obama not only wants quick congressional action on his mammoth stimulus...

The ranks of the moderate Republicans in Congress have been decimated in recent elections, and those who remain in office have been marginalized by their own party, which has veered...

George W. Bush will end his presidency in retreat, forced to compromise on several fronts. Free-market economics have given way to massive government bailouts, and an assertive, unilateral foreign policy...

After helping to deliver the District of Columbia's first baby of 2009, Dr. Kashif Irfan boarded a flight to Orlando with his wife, three children and other relatives to participate...

President George W. Bush could be forcing President-elect Barack Obama to act almost immediately to curb global warming, after years of the Bush administration fighting attempts to crack down on...

City staff in Alexandria, Va., had worked for several years to establish a program called Safe Haven to provide housing for homeless people dealing with mental illness. But this fall,...

President-elect Barack Obama, planning to make the nation's economic recovery the urgent priority of his administration, will press Congress for quick approval of a stimulus plan. Soon after he is...

While publicly declaring strong support for Israel, the Bush administration is increasingly nervous about the four-day-old campaign in Gaza and is urging its Israeli allies to settle on a timetable...

Democratic Senate leaders swiftly declared Tuesday that they would refuse to seat former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris in the U.S. Senate, setting the stage for a potentially lengthy legal...