WASHINGTON -- Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said on Sunday that he urged President Obama not to publicly support a much...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is back in the good graces of progressives. For now. Hours after Obama delivered a fiery speech demanding that...

With my retirement account and my clients' at such grave risk, I am wondering when the responsibility of the job of being a Congressman will trump the rhetoric and jousting for political advantage.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plunged into deadlocked negotiations to cut government deficits and raise the nation's debt limit Monday, an...

President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday there could be another global financial crisis if Congress failed to raise the national debt ceiling. ...

LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama headed west to sell his big picture deficit-reduction plan. But many people are waiting for a quick fix to ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama’s much discussed speech last week on how to remedy the country’s fiscal future was part of a far broader, mor...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the nation's effort to curb ballooning deficits "can't exempt anyone." Obama spoke Thursday as he met ...

WASHINGTON — With his striking choice of words, President Barack Obama clearly outlined the greatest perils for Republicans – and for Demo...

Challenging Republican budget plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation's future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen ye...

WASHINGTON -- In an effort to recast the debate over the nation’s fiscal future, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday a plan to reduce the ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, jumping into a debt-reduction debate that will help define the rest of his term, will outline his ideas Wed...

White House officials have opened the door to a deal with Republicans that would allow the U.S. to increase its ability to borrow, potentially easing ...

Some details of the bipartisan spending measure agreed to Friday night by President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Major...

WASHINGTON — The historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were ...

WASHINGTON — Higher taxes have been missing from the fierce budget battle that nearly shut down the federal government. But President Barack Oba...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, plunging into the rancorous struggle over America's mountainous debt, will draw sharp differences with Repu...

WASHINGTON — A new assessment of President Barack Obama's budget released Friday says the White House underestimates future budget deficits by m...