President-elect Barack Obama asked the White House if his family could move to Washington earlier than normal, but aides say the White House couldn't give them the official guest house as early as his family wanted.
A large raptor crashed through the window of a northern Idaho home, showering a youngster with glass and stunning itself before recovering and flying off. Karyn Holt said her 1-year-old son was eating breakfast in his high chair Tuesday morning when the bird, possibly a Cooper's Hawk, broke through the window facing their backyard.
- Although the weeks of congressional wrangling over the fate of the Detroit automakers ended in a collapsed rescue plan, a new political star emerged from the fray: Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker.
The 237-170 roll call Wednesday by which the House approved a $14 billion rescue package for the nation's auto industry.
The first child born at the White House was the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson. The second child born there was his property — the African-American baby of Jefferson's two slaves.
Democrats will hold at least 256 seats in the House when the 111th Congress is sworn in next month, after a county commissioner came from behind to win an open seat in central Ohio.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday threw out about 1,000 provisional ballots that had been improperly filled out by voters in a tight congressional race.
Israeli soldiers and police stormed a disputed building in the biblical city of Hebron on Thursday, dragging out 250 young settlers in a raid meant to send a warning to Jewish extremists fighting to keep what they see as God-promised land.
Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in the biblical city of Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals.
The Ohio Supreme Court will have the final say on how thousands of outstanding provisional votes are counted for a tight congressional race.
First lady Laura Bush says she has loved living in the White House. Now, as she and President George W. Bush prepare to leave after eight years, she is hosting a History channel special, "The White House: Behind Closed Doors." Premiering Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST, this 90-minute documentary is a combination inside look, history lesson and parting gift from a grateful resident.
The house at the center of the dogfighting ring that led to the downfall of disgraced NFL star Michael Vick is back on the auction block.
Michelle Obama says she wants the White House to feel full of energy.
House Republicans on Wednesday re-elected John Boehner as leader of their depleted ranks while putting together a more conservative team to represent them in the next, Democratic-controlled, Congress.
Like all illegal immigrants, Lorenzo Jimenez knew the knock on the door from immigration agents could come at any time.
After the toughest fight of his long political career, Alaska voters have returned Republican incumbent Don Young to the U.S. House for his 19th term.
Police are investigating after a woman leaving for work with her 9-year-old daughter on Sunday morning found a frozen pig head stuck on top of a pole next to a tree her yard.
A Cleveland woman who ended up in a feud over $182,000 in Depression-era currency found in the walls of her home has filed for bankruptcy.
The Democrats have gained another foot soldier in Congress: Democrat Frank Kratovil has won an open seat in the U.S. House from Maryland's 1st District.
U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays was a master at surviving close elections in a diverse southwestern Connecticut district that includes some of America's richest towns and deep pockets of poverty.
Barack Obama faces mammoth challenges as the next president, including two wars and a tanking economy, but when he takes office Jan. 20 he will have an unusually wide array of political tools at his disposal.
It was a tumultuous Monday morning in mid-September — two of America's financial giants were near collapse, the Dow was plummeting and the economy seemed to be in free fall — when Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, heard a staffer cry out in disbelief.
A top Democratic aide says Rep. Henry Waxman, a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is challenging veteran Rep. John Dingell as House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman.
A GOP official says Rep. Eric Cantor intends to run for the second-ranking spot on the House Republican leadership ladder as the party struggles with the loss of about 20 seats in the election.
Democrats expanded their majority in the House with historic gains by dominating the Northeast and ousting Republicans in every region.
Good article on GOP lawmakers and the auto bailout.
On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama announced one of his most important cabinet figures - energy secretary. Obama has been drawing a green picture for US citizens, and says he will use green energy revaluation to create at least 2.5M jobs.
Essence.com caught up with former TLC singer T-Boz to set the record straight about reports last week that her Atlanta-area home was in foreclosure and headed toward the auction block.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Democrats would look to pass a economic stimulus package of around $600 billion in the first two weeks that Congress meets next month.
Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars.The fiercest opposition to the loan proposal -- and nearly a third of the 35 votes against ending debate on the deal -- came …
The other day�s massive rally against the mangling of the Constitution was not a statement since Filipinos have made it clear that the sanctity of the Constitution should be respected and even the most pressing need for it should be done at the right time.
T-Boz is just the latest celebrity reported to be losing a home to foreclosure. Her mansion will go on the auction block in January 2009 because she defaulted on the $530,000 mortgage. Other recent members of the club include Fantasia, Wyclef Jean, and Damon Dash.
Barack Obama reiterated yesterday that he did not talk to scumbag governor Rod Blagojevich about a successor to Obama's senate seat. Evidence, however, appears to be to the contrary.
What you may not know is that congress is not simply bailing out the auto industry, they are also increasing the pay of federal judges. That's right, at a time when the economy is in the midst of a recession and unemployment is climbing, judges will get a raise.
"We're continuing to see a decline in housing prices across the country and at the county level. That said, we're also seeing some signs of strengthening in counties that are located in ground zero states of the housing crisis,"
Two girls died early Sunday in a house fire here that also critically injured their 76-year-old foster mother.
A friend of mine sent me this email the other day. Unfortunately, I probably could benefit from a few of these classes, so I can't say too much. Anyway, her friends and family added their ideas of classes too.
The New York Post is reporting that Fantasia Barrino is in a bad way financially. She's accused of defaulting on a $58,000 loan to pay back taxes that she reportedly owed the IRS, and one of her homes in North Carolina is heading to the auction block.
Slaves not only helped build the White House - for decades men and women in bondage served America's presidents and first families as butlers, cooks and maids.
Chris Dodd has called for GM CEO Rick Wagoner to step down as a condition for a rescue from the US Government. This is like Isaiah Thomas giving advice on sexual harassment! Chris "Countrywide" Dodd, who led us into the current crisis we face, now is an expert on management.
When I first heard of Barack Obama and found out he was African American I was afraid he was going to be another "civil rights" race discrimination fighter, and I honestly wasn't too fond of the idea of him running for president.
In a year when national Republican fortunes took a turn for the worse, Louisiana delivered the GOP two seats in Congress in elections delayed by Hurricane Gustav.
Embattled U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, the nine-term Democratic incumbent whose career has teetered since his indictment on corruption charges, faced an aggressive Republican push to oust him in Saturday's election.
The last of the American auto industry was forced to grovel before the last-of-the-Bush-era Congress today to explain why Congress should loan the heart of America's manufacturing base enough money to survive while the banking system is frozen and the economy is tanking.
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home in the Preston Hollow of Dallas where they will live after the president leaves office in January.
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home in the Preston Hollow of Dallas where they will live after the president leaves office in January.
Israeli security forces on Thursday began dragging Jewish settlers out of one of the most volatile flashpoints in the West Bank: a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron.
It's pretty much impossible to look at a beautiful houseboat and not imagine yourself leaving everything behind to start a new life in an exotic port, battling pirates from time to time.That last part may only be in our daydreams, but the point is, living on the water could be aw …
An Aberdeen family said on Sunday that they received enough donations to forestall foreclosure proceedings on their home. Daniel Sampson Sr. said they raised $10,917 before disabling the donation button on their Web site.