The Cabinet nominated by President-elect Barack Obama is a largely centrist and pragmatic collection of politicians and technocrats without a pronounced ideological bent. Liberals are satisfied but not delighted. Conservatives say the nominees aren't as leftist as they had feared. Powerful interest groups with conflicting agendas are appeased. ...more

January 11, 2009

A plan to let bankruptcy judges alter the terms of home loans so owners can avoid foreclosure moved one step closer to reality this week. ...more

January 10, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won't be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania. ...more

January 7, 2009

obama and congressional leaders work on tax cuts now reaching $300 billion ...more

January 5, 2009

WASHINGTON - It's something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where's the money going? ...more

December 22, 2008

Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit's Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse. ...more

December 7, 2008

Detroit's automakers are making a second bid for $25 billion in congressional funding this week. CEOs from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, who were criticized last month for traveling to Washington separately by private jets and faced pointed questions about their salaries, are seeking to defuse those issues. ...more

December 3, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama's picks for his Cabinet are reassuring because they have Washington experience - unless they're disappointing for that very reason. ...more

December 1, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama's picks for his Cabinet are reassuring because they have Washington experience - unless they're disappointing for that very reason. ...more

November 28, 2008

Presidents typically say they want to be surrounded by strong-willed people who have the courage to disagree with them. President-elect Barack Obama, reaching out to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans, actually might mean it. ...more

November 16, 2008