U.S. President Barack Obama says to support economic growth, the government has to be willing to cut spending. He says lawmakers should lead by cutting back federal spending on local projects. President Obama's weekly address to the nation comes as h...
1. A smooth ride to the outside world. That's what Chilean officials expect to start late Tuesday for the first of 33 trapped miners. Officials say the first trapped miner is expected to reach the surface late Tuesday. The miners have survived more t...
The Obama administration says the effort to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is making progress, with more oil captured each day. But oil continues to escape from the leaking well, and clean up will take years, and no one really kn...
In appearances before Congress on Tuesday, Obama administration officials have defended the president's budget and economic recovery plans. Testimony by President Barack Obama's Budget Director, Peter Orszag, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...
To many observers, the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip underscores the fact that Barack Obama will become president during turbulent times. From wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to instability in Pakistan to the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Kore...
President Bush on Thursday said he has not yet decided what government assistance to provide the distressed U.S. automobile industry. The president says he worries about the economic consequences that an automaker bankruptcy could cause. President G...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 March 2007 Democrats controlling the U.S. Congress are confronting President Bush on a broad range of issues regarding his handling of the war in Iraq, and the larger war on terrorism, as well as domestic issues. Cong...
By Jim Malone Washington 27 June 2006 President Bush's choice to be the next Treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, promised the Senate Tuesday that he will review a previously secret program to track terrorists through an international banking database...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 21 May 2006 The Bush administration says it has not been asked by European negotiators to provide security guarantees to Iran. The dispute over Iran's nuclear intentions is...
