US Election 2008

Obama new budget proposal seeks to boost trade enforcement

12:41am Sun 12 Feb 12

Ahead of Monday's release of Obama's budget, official said that it will devote millions of dollars for new trade ...

Organizer opposes change to King monument

8:07pm Sat 11 Feb 12

An organizer of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is criticizing plans to remove an inscription from the ...

Obama wants payroll tax cut extension as deadline approaches

3:24am Sun 12 Feb 12

With payroll tax cut deadline at the end of February, President Obama encourages Congress to pass a new extension ...

GOP conservatives unite against birth control coverage

3:01pm Sat 11 Feb 12

President Obama's political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest.

Dems keeping a close eye on GOP ethics cases

3:32am Sun 12 Feb 12

Reports of potential misconduct are on the increase, and with the anti-incumbent mood, that could help build their ...

Navy names ship after Gabrielle Giffords

11:18pm Fri 10 Feb 12

The Navy on Friday honored the former Arizona congresswoman by naming a warship after her.

Panetta seeks probe into Marine photo with Nazi-like symbol

4:16am Sat 11 Feb 12

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologizes, and orders Marine Corps to further investigate photo of Marine snipers ...

Audit calls for changes to DOE loan program

9:11pm Fri 10 Feb 12

The Energy Department should improve oversight of its loan program, an independent audit commissioned by the White ...

Obama budget to miss deficit goal

7:43pm Fri 10 Feb 12

President Obama's proposed 2013 budget will forecast a $901 billion deficit for next year, short of his goal to ...

House memo: Entire Fast and Furious mission was a failure

3:34am Sat 11 Feb 12

Mexican cartel suspects targeted in the troubled gun-trafficking probe were actually working as FBI informants at ...