President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday to resume full scientific reviews of projects that might harm endangered wildlife and plants. ...more

March 3, 2009

President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia's president last month suggesting he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, U.S. officials said Monday. ...more

March 3, 2009

The Obama administration opened the curtain on Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects. ...more

March 2, 2009

For all the sweeping changes that President Barack Obama has delivered, there also has been an ample helping of more-of-the-same. ...more

February 28, 2009

General Motors on Thursday morning posted a loss of $30.9 billion in 2008 as the auto giant suffered one of its worst years in decades and as company leaders prepared to meet with U.S. government officials to detail the need for more federal money to survive. ...more

February 27, 2009

President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.55 trillion spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a string of deficits dwarfing any in the nation's history. ...more

February 27, 2009

The House on Wednesday approved language that would allow Cuban-Americans to visit relatives on the island more frequently and also ease some U.S. restrictions on trade with Cuba. ...more

February 26, 2009

Immigration agents this week conducted their first work-site raid since President Barack Obama took office, but it was news to their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who on Wednesday ordered a review of the action. ...more

February 25, 2009

The House on Wednesday approved language that would allow Cuban-Americans to visit their relatives on the island more frequently and also ease some U.S. restrictions on trade with Cuba. ...more

February 25, 2009

House Democrats unveiled a $410 billion spending bill on Monday ...more

February 23, 2009