Washington Bureau

Even as the nation's economy begins to claw its way out of the worst recession in 60 years, signs are growing that a recovery could come with an unsettling twist:...

In a narrow vote, the House on Friday evening passed a sweeping energy and climate-change bill that supporters say could revolutionize the nation's industrial economy. The 219-212 vote represented a...

President Barack Obama extended a sharp stick and an olive branch to critics of his far-reaching plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system Tuesday, openly ridiculing those who attacked his...

President Barack Obama is facing complaints from big-city mayors and county politicians that parts of the economic stimulus package are shortchanging their constituents. Vice President Joe Biden has been holding...

Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of the heat-trapping gases that cause global warming, but President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change would actually result in the nation...

For the first time since taking office, President Barack Obama is diving into the thorny details of the country's long-running immigration battles, summoning lawmakers to the White House this week...

President Barack Obama, who barely knew his own father, devoted the full power of the presidential bully pulpit on the eve of Father's Day weekend to promoting the importance of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Afghan casualties draw U.S. focus A report concludes that at least 2 airstrikes against buildings May 4 should not have been ordered A newly released investigation says the...

In an attempt to plug a hole in the U.S.-Mexico drug-trafficking enforcement effort, the U.S. Justice and Homeland Security Departments entered a new interagency agreement Thursday that they hope will...

The Supreme Court said Thursday that DNA possesses a unique ability to free the innocent and convict the guilty, but the justices nonetheless ruled that prisoners do not have a...