Michael Shear New York Times

President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick B. Garland to be the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appellate judge who could reshape the court for a generation and become the face of a bitter election-year confirmation struggle.

Obama's eagerness to take part in the personal technology revolution is hampered by the secrecy and security challenges that are daily requirements of his job.

Republican lawmakers spent more than eight hours aggressively questioning Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, seeking to build a case that the former secretary of state had been derelict in her duty to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

The opening of negotiations, which started this week with a closed-door meeting of senior White House and Capitol Hill staff members, came as Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew warned Thursday that the United States would exhaust its ability to borrow on Nov. 5 if lawmakers refuse to increase the amount of money the government can legally borrow.

The plan calls for "enhanced summary reports on the sale of distribution and antibiotics" used in food animals but without spelling out how that would be done.

Obama is expected to propose the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, and Student Data Privacy Act.

Health officials Friday narrowed down to 10 the number of people considered most at risk of contracting Ebola after coming into contact with an infected Liberian man.

Mikey Dickerson will lead a new government team that is intended to identify and fix the government's other failing computer systems and websites.

Perhaps it is nothing more than an accident of timing that as federal workers brace for a summer filled with unpaid furlough days, their leaders are traveling the nation and globe on trips that exude luxury.

President Obama called on Congress to produce a fiscal plan that could be passed with votes from both parties, as House Republican leaders sought support from their restive caucus and Senate Democrats suggested they might move ahead with their own plan."Any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan," Mr. Obama said. "I urge Democrats and Republi...

President Obama is a millionaire with assets that could reach as much as $12 million, mostly from proceeds from his two best-selling books, according to financial disclosure forms made public by the White House on Monday.The disclosures require only that Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, list the value of their assets in wide ranges. For example, t...

US President Obama posted a copy of his "long-form" birth certificate from the state of Hawaii, hoping to finally end a long-simmering conspiracy theory among some conservatives who asserted falsely that he was not born in the United States and was not a legitimate president.The birth certificate, which is posted online at the White House Web site,...

President Obama confirmed Monday morning that he will seek another four years in the White House, beginning a re-election campaign that will ask Americans to endorse the status quo over the increasingly vocal calls from Republicans for a fresh start in Washington.Facing turmoil in the Middle East, ongoing military action in Libya and the threat of ...

Could Friday night be one of those defining moments in the career -- and potential presidential candidacy -- of Sarah Palin?Egypt is on the brink of a revolution that could transform American and global foreign policy for years -- a crisis that is testing President Obama and makes clear the life-and-death stakes for anyone who might think about rep...

Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable -- and remarkably different -- political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape.The day opened at 5 am with Sarah Palin, whose seven-and-a-half minute video statement captured with precision the bubbling anger and resentment that is an undercurrent of the national c...

President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick B. Garland to be the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appellate judge who could reshape the court for a generation and become the face of a bitter election-year confirmation struggle.

Obama's eagerness to take part in the personal technology revolution is hampered by the secrecy and security challenges that are daily requirements of his job.

Republican lawmakers spent more than eight hours aggressively questioning Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, seeking to build a case that the former secretary of state had been derelict in her duty to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

The opening of negotiations, which started this week with a closed-door meeting of senior White House and Capitol Hill staff members, came as Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew warned Thursday that the United States would exhaust its ability to borrow on Nov. 5 if lawmakers refuse to increase the amount of money the government can legally borrow.

The plan calls for "enhanced summary reports on the sale of distribution and antibiotics" used in food animals but without spelling out how that would be done.

Obama is expected to propose the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, and Student Data Privacy Act.

Health officials Friday narrowed down to 10 the number of people considered most at risk of contracting Ebola after coming into contact with an infected Liberian man.

Mikey Dickerson will lead a new government team that is intended to identify and fix the government's other failing computer systems and websites.

Perhaps it is nothing more than an accident of timing that as federal workers brace for a summer filled with unpaid furlough days, their leaders are traveling the nation and globe on trips that exude luxury.

President Obama called on Congress to produce a fiscal plan that could be passed with votes from both parties, as House Republican leaders sought support from their restive caucus and Senate Democrats suggested they might move ahead with their own plan."Any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan," Mr. Obama said. "I urge Democrats and Republi...

President Obama is a millionaire with assets that could reach as much as $12 million, mostly from proceeds from his two best-selling books, according to financial disclosure forms made public by the White House on Monday.The disclosures require only that Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, list the value of their assets in wide ranges. For example, t...

US President Obama posted a copy of his "long-form" birth certificate from the state of Hawaii, hoping to finally end a long-simmering conspiracy theory among some conservatives who asserted falsely that he was not born in the United States and was not a legitimate president.The birth certificate, which is posted online at the White House Web site,...

President Obama confirmed Monday morning that he will seek another four years in the White House, beginning a re-election campaign that will ask Americans to endorse the status quo over the increasingly vocal calls from Republicans for a fresh start in Washington.Facing turmoil in the Middle East, ongoing military action in Libya and the threat of ...

Could Friday night be one of those defining moments in the career -- and potential presidential candidacy -- of Sarah Palin?Egypt is on the brink of a revolution that could transform American and global foreign policy for years -- a crisis that is testing President Obama and makes clear the life-and-death stakes for anyone who might think about rep...

Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable -- and remarkably different -- political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape.The day opened at 5 am with Sarah Palin, whose seven-and-a-half minute video statement captured with precision the bubbling anger and resentment that is an undercurrent of the national c...