The president has a hard message to sell: Without aid for banks and Wall Street, we'll all sink, Gloria Borger says. WASHINGTON (CNN) — In case you hadn't noticed, Americans are having a rough time with the New World Order as it applies to saving the economy. That is, the ordinary moral i...

David Axelrod said Sunday that the White House is using a thoughtful procedure to fill outstanding Cabinet posts. WASHINGTON (CNN) – The man primarily responsible for crafting President Obama’s message during two years of a hard-fought presidential campaign said the potential nominees for Commer...

President Barack Obama is interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday admitted he made a mistake in handling the nomination of Tom Daschle as his Health and Human Services secretary, saying Daschle's tax problems sent a message tha...

The first lady spoke about her husband's plans for education policy during an event at the Education Department Monday. WASHINGTON (CNN) — In one of her first public speaking events as first lady, Michelle Obama told employees at the federal Department of Education on Monday to "roll up (...

Obama was rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama called the Superbowl winners the Pittsburgh Steelers after their big win Sunday night, White House officials said Monday. Obama started with the team's owner Dan Rooney. The two developed a rapport after Rooney h...

iReporter Dwight Stanley of Louisville, Kentucky supplied this photo of conditions on the ground in storm-ravaged Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (CNN) — Kentucky's governor is praising the Obama administration's prompt reaction to the fierce wintry weather that slammed his state. "They really ...

(CNN) — President Obama's economic stimulus plan cleared its first hurdle, but it was hardly the bipartisan victory he hoped for — not a single House Republican broke ranks to support it. In fact, 11 Democrats also voted against the $819 billion package. But a win is a win, and so the Wh...

Former Vice President Cheney told a conservative magazine that his aide Scooter Libby, pictured on the right, should have received a pardon from former President George W. Bush. WASHINGTON (CNN) — George Bush should have pardoned I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Dick Cheney said after stepping down a...

The justices without comment Wednesday rejected an appeal from the federal government to reinstate the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), passed by Congress in 1998. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court has blocked further consideration of a federal law designed to keep sexual material from u...

Jennifer Lopez and performed with her husband Marc Anthony Tuesday night at the Western Ball. (CNN) — Attendees at tonight’s presidential inaugural balls, like the 11,500 at the official Western ball, were lucky to spend maybe 20 minutes of their night with the president. The rest of the tim...