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President Bush spent Tuesday replenishing his party's coffers and, in the face of resistance to his Social Security plan and much of the rest of his second-term agenda, struck an […]

The leaders of five African nations confronted President Bush on Monday about what they said was the slow pace at which the United States is releasing aid to poor nations, […]

Vice President Dick Cheney paid public tribute on Friday to military personnel who often work deep in the shadows, bestowing awards on five Special Operations soldiers for heroism in Iraq […]

The United States and Britain have reached an agreement on how the billions of dollars that the world's poorest nations owe to international lenders can be erased, removing the last […]

Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, in his first visit to the United States since winning re-election last month, will meet here on Tuesday with President Bush in the hope […]

President Bush criticized Senate Democrats on Tuesday for 'stalling' a vote on John R. Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations, and indicated that he would not grant them […]

President Bush paid a Memorial Day tribute on Monday to generations of Americans who have given their lives for their nation, saying that while the United States has always been […]

For all the euphoria Monday night that the political center had held, the Senate compromise in the judicial filibuster fight did not noticeably de-escalate the ultimate battle now looming: that […]

President Bush won enough from the bipartisan compromise on judicial nominees on Monday night to claim a limited victory, but he now faces a series of additional tests of his […]

President Bush pressed Congress on Thursday to move ahead on overhauling Social Security. But Republicans said the White House and Congressional leaders were concerned that the fight over judicial nominees […]

At the White House, the official line on the fight over ending filibusters of judicial nominees is that it is a matter for the Senate to decide. But behind the […]

President Bush called Wednesday for patience in assessing the progress of Iraq and other nations toward democracy. He said the United States had gotten off to a rocky start after […]

PRESIDENTIAL power has always been as much a function of circumstance, personality and political skill as of constitutional prerogative. In a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1952, Justice Robert H. […]

A single-engine plane bearing down on Washington without clearance prompted a frantic evacuation of the Capitol, the Supreme Court and the White House on Wednesday. President Bush was not told […]

Having now outlined the two biggest components of his approach to Social Security -- cutting benefits from promised levels for most workers and establishing investment accounts -- President Bush is […]

President Bush took his Social Security campaign back on the road on Tuesday, seeking to reassure workers here about his new call to cut promised retirement benefits for most Americans […]

In proposing on Thursday night to cut Social Security benefits for future generations of retirees, President Bush made two big bets, one political, one on the substance of his policy, […]

President Bush called Thursday night for cutting Social Security benefits for future retirees to put the system on sound financial footing, and he proposed doing so in a way that […]

Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader who is under fire for possible ethics violations, got a public endorsement from President Bush in Texas on Monday as well as a […]

President Bush discussed the surge in oil prices with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Monday, but focused on a plan by the Saudis to increase their oil-pumping capacity […]

When he meets at his ranch here on Monday with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, President Bush will confront one of his trickiest diplomatic relationships. He will look for […]

President Bush's plans to celebrate Earth Day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were undone by nature on Friday, as stormy weather in the area forced him to cancel […]

The Senate Finance Committee chairman, Charles E. Grassley, said Thursday that he would try to produce a Social Security bill with the support of Republicans alone, in an effort to […]

Markets go up and markets go down. But the slide over the last month on Wall Street is hardly good timing for President Bush, who now finds himself with another […]

President Bush called on Congress on Saturday to pass the energy legislation he proposed nearly four years ago, saying that 'American families and small businesses across the country are feeling […]

President Bush and Laura Bush reported income for last year of $784,219 and paid federal income taxes of $207,307, according to copies of their 2004 tax returns released Friday by […]

President Bush said Thursday that he had been surprised to learn in the newspaper of his administration's decision last week to require Americans to have passports to enter the country […]

President Bush saluted thousands of troops here on Tuesday for their work in moving Iraq from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein to a freely elected government, saying developments there were […]

President Bush and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel differed openly on Monday over Israel's intention to expand a settlement in the West Bank, but Mr. Bush gave the Israeli […]

After spending months seeking to convince the nation that Social Security faces serious problems that demand immediate action, President Bush will pivot to a new message next month, working in […]

President Bush said Friday that he would press Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel at a meeting here on Monday to halt the expansion of an Israeli settlement on the […]

The government projected on Thursday that gasoline prices would surge even higher in coming weeks and remain high through the summer, a forecast underscoring both the economic effect of the […]

Jack Kemp was causing problems for President Bush's drive to overhaul Social Security, and it naturally fell to Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's strategist, enforcer and closet policy expert, to take […]

President Bush delivered a pointed message on Thursday to the Irish Republican Army, excluding the leader of its political wing, Gerry Adams, from the traditional White House celebration of St. […]

President Bush on Wednesday defended his administration's practice of providing television stations with video news releases that resemble actual news reports, saying that the practice was legal and that it […]

President Bush on Friday wrapped up a two-day swing through the South trying to build support for his approach to revamp Social Security, casting himself as a defender of the […]

When President Bush began barnstorming on behalf of his Social Security plan last month, his goal at many stops was to convince Congressional Democrats that backing his call for individual […]

President Bush stepped up American pressure on Syria on Tuesday to withdraw from Lebanon and warned authoritarian governments throughout the Middle East that they stand before a powerful, fast-moving wave […]

With President Bush's approach to overhauling Social Security facing a daunting set of obstacles, both sides in the debate are exploring the pros and cons of compromise. But while it […]

Treasury Secretary John W. Snow said Wednesday that the Bush administration would not rule out consideration of a very different approach to private investment accounts for Social Security from the […]

President Bush's drive to overhaul Social Security is in trouble, and while it is far too soon to declare it doomed, it faces obstacles on all sides. After a week […]

The conservative economists and public policy experts who trooped in to brief George W. Bush on Social Security not long after he was re-elected governor of Texas in 1998 came […]

The public relations war over President Bush's Social Security plan escalated on Wednesday, as a liberal advocacy group attacked the Republican chairman of the House Social Security subcommittee, and conservative […]

The Republican majority leader in the House expressed opposition on Thursday to the idea of increasing or eliminating the cap on earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax, deflating […]

Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, gave his blessing on Wednesday to the creation of individual investment accounts in Social Security but expressed unease that the change could lead to […]

Karl Rove, President Bush's influential political strategist, added a title to his portfolio on Tuesday, taking on the post of deputy White House chief of staff for policy, a move […]

President Bush proposed a budget on Monday that would scale back or eliminate scores of agriculture, education, health, environmental and other domestic programs to help him meet his goal of […]

President Bush's speech last Wednesday was meant to convey many messages and meanings beyond the literal words he spoke. Some passages were intended to appeal to or reassure specific groups; […]

In barnstorming on behalf of his Social Security plan, President Bush tried to translate his base's deep loyalty to him -- evident in the rousing receptions he received over the […]