Washington Bureau

It's official, if not exactly surprising: The U.S. economy is in recession, declining instead of growing stronger, and it has been for almost a year. What's more, the slide may...

Senior military leaders took the exceptional step of briefing President George W. Bush last week on a severe and widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers that may have originated...

With its decision this week to pump another $1 trillion into the financial crisis, the government eliminated any doubt that the country is on a wartime footing in the battle...

-- Aaron Schock is an expert at starting young. Elected to succeed the retiring Rep. Ray LaHood from Illinois' 18th Congressional District at the age of 27, Schock is familiar...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to serve in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet, advisers said Tuesday, setting up the unusual situation in which a wartime Pentagon chief remains to work...

Myra King, who coordinated Students for Barack Obama at Loyola University Chicago, put in long hours registering voters and canvassing neighborhoods as part of a nationwide campaign that targeted younger...

With a series of forceful actions in recent days, amid an almost unprecedented set of challenges, Barack Obama has taken an unusual step for a president-elect: attempting to alter America's...

President-elect Barack Obama's vow to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay cheered human rights groups and civil libertarians, but could force the new administration to consider a step...

As the hour grows late, President George W. Bush, like many chief executives before him, seems to hear the call of the wild. Honoring a tradition that dates at least...

President-elect Barack Obama signaled Saturday that he will quickly seek a sweeping economic recovery plan likely to exceed the price tag of the $175 billion plan that he unveiled during...