Arizona Republican Senator John McCain says the 787-billion-dollar stimulus package passed by Congress last week is flawed. It is incredibly expensive. It has hundreds of billions of dollars in projects which will not yield in jobs. McCain spoke on...
President Obama will sign the economic stimulus bill on Tuesday at a ceremony in Denver. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pointed to the legislation today in urging fellow finance ministers from the world's industrial powers to take steps to bols...
The economic stimulus package is moving toward final passage. The House voted 246 to 187 today to pass the 787-billion-dollar bill. NPR's Audie Cornish reports from the Capitol. The House passed the stimulus plan a little more than three weeks after...
Republican Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire is the latest Obama administration appointee to abruptly pull his name out of contention. In a statement issued late today, Gregg cited what he termed irresolvable conflicts with the President's handlin...
Senators have announced a deal on a 789-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill, though House and Senate negotiators delayed the planned meeting to approve the measure. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the bill one that creates more jobs than...
Led by a phalanx of motorcycles, President Barack Obama was greeted by a crowd of tens of thousands today as the presidential motorcade moved down Pennsylvania Avenue. Many waited outside in the cold for eight hours or more just to get a glimpse of...
President-elect Barack Obama is spending his inauguration eve observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is called a national day of community service. At a Washington D. C. high school, Mr. Obama pledged to provide service opportunities every day...
This land is your land. This land is my land. From California to the New York Island. The sound of tens of thousands of people singing along with Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen at a concert this afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial. The concert feat...
President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Americans to rely on the same perseverance and idealism that the country's founders showed, as the nation faces the daunting challenges that lie ahead. We are here today not simply to pay tribute to those p...
Crews are searching the Hudson River for the engines from the US Airways jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in the water yesterday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Kitty Higgins says they are also trying to lift the b...