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Bobby Scott endorses Tim Kaine in Va. Senate race
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott is staying out of next year's U.S. Senate race.
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GOP candidates attack Obama on economy
President Barack Obama is trying to strengthen his reelection campaign in the face of a tough economic climate Republican contenders seek to exploit.
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Cheney speculates about Hillary Clinton as president
Dick Cheney says that if Hillary Clinton had become president "perhaps she might have been easier for some of us who are critics of the president to work with."
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Obama urges Congress to pass transportation bill
President Barack Obama says failure to ensure funding for roads and construction jobs is a path to economic disaster.
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Perry tells NH no to border fence
GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry tells a New Hampshire gathering he opposes a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico, saying it would be ineffective and take too long to build.
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Inside Washington Sept. 4, 2011
This week on Inside Washington: The President’s jobs speech flap: why such a big deal about addressing a joint session of Congress Hurricane Irene and its aftermath: how will the federal government pay for the recovery?
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People 'don't give a lick' about speech timing, White House says
President Obama will get a nationally televised address, moved back by a day when the GOP objected, that puts him face to face with Republican lawmakers who have bitterly opposed his agenda and who have vowed to vote down any new spending.
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Obama to tap Krueger for economic post
President Barack Obama has chosen labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post as the White House scrambles for solutions to boost a fragile economy with the 2012 election looming.
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Dick Cheney stirs controversy in upcoming book
In his new book, former vice president Report: Cheney says he advised President Bush to bomb Syria and has 'no regrets' about waterboarding suspects.
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Jobs, jobs, jobs: Obama, GOP on Labor Day
The president says congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous Labor Day rally to aim a partisan barb at the GOP.
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Congress returns to tackle jobs
Congress is reconvening this week for what could be a painful confrontation over how to put Americans back to work.
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Tea Party influencing GOP race
The tea party is shaping the race for the GOP presidential nomination as candidates parrot the movement's language and promote its agenda.
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Perry's fiery 'Fed Up!' may come back to haunt him
Now that Rick Perry is running for president, his campaign has begun distancing itself from some of the candidate's own words on issues such as Social Security and states' rights.
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Gray's deputy chief of staff investigated for voting irregularities
The D.C. Board of Elections is investigating Mayor Vincent Gray's new deputy chief of staff for voting in the district last year when she lived in Maryland.
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Former NYC deputy mayor, wife deny domestic violence charges
Goldsmith stepped down as deputy mayor of New York City days after news broke that he spent two days in jail following an arrest for domestic violence.
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Gay former officer's trial put on hold
A gay former Army lieutenant who handcuffed himself to the White House fence to protest the "don't ask, don't tell" policy may be closer to having charges against him dismissed.
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Inside Washington Aug. 28, 2011
This week on Inside Washington: Earthquakes in the D.C. area, Hurricanes Irene and the politics of climate change. And can Rick Perry be elected president?
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Committee: Gray administration broke nepotism laws
A D.C. Council committee says Mayor Vincent Gray's administration broke the law by hiring the adult children of two senior aides to the mayor.
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