Economic Stimulus Plan

Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday dropped plans to request $20 million in federal economic stimulus money for a stalled convention center hotel. Rising costs, following financial and legal delays, prompted the County Commission in October to...

With California playing a meaningful role in the presidential race for the first time in decades, all three major Democratic candidates hit the campaign trail here Thursday, with talk of pocketbook issues in the face of a weakening economy. As the Dow...

OTAY MESA - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made a house call to the San Diego-Mexico border Wednesday and the came with cash. Napolitano said that $20 million will go toward improving Otay Mesa's port of entry to combat drug traffickers....

Amid growing signs of trouble in the U.S. economy, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will propose a $70-billion package today to stimulate the economy and will urge Congress to stand ready to offer a $40-billion rebate to...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama plans an "across-the-board" review of President George W. Bush's executive orders, with an eye toward making his own quick imprint on important matters, and will swiftly put in place a "diverse,"...

Tensions mounted between the two leading Democratic candidates for president Sunday, as Hillary Rodham Clinton launched an aggressive attack on Barack Obama, suggesting his much-vaunted opposition to the Iraq war was all talk and little action. Clinton...

WASHINGTON — For the inauguration of a president who promised to be a friend of the environment, what would you expect but carbon-neutral inaugural balls, hybrid Lexuses, organic menus and valet bicycle parking? Political correctness will rule...

President Obama has made at least a down payment on several major campaign promises in his first three months, including a permanent tax cut for the middle class and an overhaul of the healthcare system. But one goal remains stubbornly elusive: ending the...

Shades of 1972? Re "As vote nears, chief warns of terror risk," Oct. 23 Notwithstanding Los Angeles Police Department Chief William J. Bratton's preemptive precautions and thoroughness, his warning may have precedent. Shortly before the 1972 election,...

President-elect Barack Obama used the Democrats' weekly radio address Saturday to pledge quick action by his upcoming administration to tackle the nation's economic woes, acknowledging there won't be "a moment to lose" when he takes office in January....

The wisdom in moving Florida's presidential primary ahead of next month's Super Tuesday vote has been proven.For the past week, the Republican candidates have been in Florida, debating and giving GOP voters a solid look at them, their credentials and...

The developer vying for the state's most lucrative slots license is wooing officials with visions of a billion-dollar entertainment complex at Arundel Mills that would include hotels, live entertainment venues and Maryland's largest casino - and says he...