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Updated 10:53 a.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is considering a bid for the presidency. "I don't think I've got the nature for it," he told Washington-area radio station WTOP Monday in remarks first noted by Politico. "...But we've got to do something in this country...
By Juliet Eilperin The U.S. will identify a near-term emission reduction target as part of an effort to reach a comprehensive climate agreement in Copenhagen next month, senior administration officials said Monday...
By Michael D. Shear President Obama today announced partnerships with private businesses to increase achievement in math and science, saying the country must do more to compete with the world in those areas...
By Jim Davenport Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the allegations released Monday...
By John Amick and T. Rees Shapiro A day after the Senate voted to take up the health care reform bill, President Obama's top domestic priority dominated the discussion on Sunday morning talk shows. ABC: THIS WEEK - Nelson pushes opt-in public option On ABC's "This Week," Sen...
By Scott Wilson President Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to draw a line between his recent trip to the economic engines of Asia and job creation at home, calling it a "task I will continue to focus on relentlessly in the weeks and months ahead." Obama's message, which he...
By Ben Pershing Cancel those weekend plans: You've now got a date Saturday night with health-care reform. The Senate measure faces a key procedural vote Saturday evening, and Harry Reid is still working to assemble the requisite 60 votes...
By Garance Franke-Ruta The Democratic Party raised $11.5 million in October, a record month for a non-presidential election year in the post-McCain-Feingold era, according to a party source...
By Paul Kane Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body...
By Dan Balz AUSTIN -- On the day that Sarah Palin kicked off her book tour to enthusiastic crowds, the two newest Republican governors sought to explain why the former Alaska governor had not campaigned on their behalf this fall...
By Ben Pershing Two weeks after the House passed its health-care bill and exactly a month after the Senate Finance Committee reported out its version of the measure, the Senate's compromise plan is finally ready for its closeup...
Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames. On the final leg of his Asian tour, President Obama announced fresh steps to encourage North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and laid out a possible new punishment against Iran for defying efforts to end its own nuclear weapons program...
By Ben Pershing Though his term in the White House has been relatively short, President Obama has already gotten accustomed to criticism from some quarters for his forays abroad...
As part of The Washington Post's occasional series exploring the state of the Republican party, Post writer Dan Balz wants to know where you think the Republican party is headed? Is the GOP is on it's way back to prominence, or were this fall's election results an abberation...
By Ben Pershing Though his term in the White House has been relatively short, President Obama has already gotten accustomed to criticism from some quarters for his forays abroad...
