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by Frank James updated The White House just announced it's considering using the Treasury Department's TARP program, the $700 billion rescue fund heretofore used to inject money into the financial industry, to bailout the Detroit 3 in the wake of......

(Photo illustration from the Center for Public Integrity "Broken Government" project.) by Frank James It's bad enough President-elect Barack Obama will assume office amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and two wars. But the non-...

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and former President Bill Clinton, share a laugh at a Capitol Hill ceremony honoring Dingell (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) by Frank James "Change" was the rallying cry of last year's......

by Frank James Some of President Barack Obama's comments Monday when he met with participants of his fiscal-responsibility task force seemed to be previews of remarks he's likely to make tonight to a nationally televised joint session of Congress on......

By Jim Tankersley This Earth Day is Global Warming Day on Capitol Hill, where the House Energy and Commerce Committee has gaveled open three days - and more than 50 witnesses - of testimony on a massive bill that would......

by Mike Memoli Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), whose comments alleging a "shakedown" of BP this morning prompted widespread criticism -- especially from Democrats, has now apologized for what he says was a misinterpretation of his statement. "I want the...

by Mike Memoli Eager to go back on offense after weeks of scrutiny for its response to the Gulf oil spill, the White House has offered a quick strike against Rep. Joe Barton (R), who called the deal with BP......

by Mike Memoli The agreement reached between the White House and energy giant BP emerged as an early partisan flashpoint at a Congressional hearing this morning, as a Republican Congressman apologized to the company's CEO for what he called a......

A Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Here's a look at headlines you may have missed from the Trib's Washington bureau this weekend. * Jim Tankersley profiles Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, playing a lead role in the......

by Mike Memoli On Friday we noted here that even a trip to the ballpark can be the stuff of controversy for President Obama lately. Ultimately he did take in Friday night's matchup between the hometown Nationals and his favored......

by Mike Memoli President Obama will use a town hall meeting in Wisconsin today to challenge the man who would become speaker of the House -- if Republicans win back a majority in Congress this fall -- over comments about......

Posted at 7 am EST, updated at 5:30 pm President Barack Obama closed a bipartisan summit on healthcare today the way he opened it, with a speech about how much the Democrats and Republicans actually agree upon -- or should......