Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal Wednesday for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. ...more

November 19, 2009

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is near the top of President Barack Obama's list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department at least partially on the strength of her long and close working relationship with the president, a senior administration official said. ...more

February 9, 2009

With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with a small group of Republicans Friday night on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama's plan for combating the worst recession in decades. ...more

February 7, 2009

With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with a small group of Republicans Friday night on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama's plan for combatting the worst recession in decades. ...more

February 6, 2009

President Obama obviously relished slamming the present-day robber barons of Wall Street last week for paying out billions in bonuses even as taxpayers are bailing out their failed businesses. He demanded that they begin to show some sense of discipline and responsibility in the management of their companies. ...more

February 3, 2009

In the 1980s, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, CIA Director William Casey, Secretary of the Treasury James Baker and Vice President George H. W. Bush all happened to converge where Teresa Imelda O'Gara was standing. ...more

January 30, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet choices have sent a ripple through state politics, fostering behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill key vacancies in the shadow of the Chicago scandal over filling Obama's Senate seat. ...more

December 25, 2008

In the 1980s, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, Director of Central Intelligence William Casey, Secretary of the Treasury James Baker and Vice President George H. W. Bush all happened to converge where Teresa Imelda O'Gara was standing. ...more

December 10, 2008

Jolted by the loss of thousands of jobs, congressional Democrats and the White House reached for agreement Friday on about $15 billion in bailout loans for the beleaguered auto industry. President George W. Bush warned that at least one of the Big Three carmakers might not survive the current economic crisis. ...more

December 5, 2008

Nearly 8,000 jobs waiting to be filled. Empty file drawers. Missing computer hard drives. Even furniture piled in the hallways. ...more

November 10, 2008