Baucus bill likely to be reshaped in negotiations
The health care bill coming before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday has come under fire from the left and the right, making it likely to be significantly rewritten. Some...
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Democrats heed leader’s call
A day after President Barack Obama went to Capitol Hill to renew his call for a sweeping health care overhaul, Democrats across the ideological spectrum rallied behind him, giving important...
Reform talk has seniors anxious
Far from the hue and cry over health reform erupting in town hall meetings across the U.S., many older citizens are quietly confused about what a health care overhaul might...
Obama thwarted on detainees
The Obama administration has all but abandoned plans to resettle some detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the United States, officials said, a recognition that the task had become politically impossible...
About-face on photo release
In a dramatic reversal, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would seek to block the release of dozens of photographs depicting alleged abuse of detainees by U.S. soldiers, arguing...
Anti-Obama rebellion a risk for GOP
Across the country, Republicans and their conservative allies sought to ignite a grass-roots rebellion against President Barack Obama on Wednesday, staging scores of Tax Day "tea parties" to demand tax...
Obama tries to sell Hill on bill
President Barack Obama, pressing Congress for a record $3.55 trillion federal budget that boosts spending on education, energy and health care, made a personal and private appeal Wednesday on Capitol...
Obama budgets most dramatic change in decades
WASHINGTON — Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama is calling for the most dramatic change in decades in the way the country tackles its most pressing problems—from the...
Perjury? Burris says no.
U.S. Sen. Roland Burris tried Sunday to quell new questions about his controversial appointment, insisting he shouldn't be blamed for only recently detailing his conversations about the job with five...
Gregg backs out of Cabinet bid
It was just Monday when President Obama told a prime-time news conference that appointing three Republicans to his Cabinet reflected an "unprecedented" commitment to bipartisanship. But by Thursday, with the...