Reid Wilson

President Obama won by pledging to make government work. His party will suffer when it doesn’t.

Lena H. Sun, Sarah Kliff and Sandhya Somashekhar

Few regulators accept the president’s proposal, while others sift their options or cite problems.

Pamela Constable

Ellen Gruspe spends her days waiting for news from her homeland, which was devastated.

Danielle Douglas

An agreement with asset managers, pension funds and insurance funds yields $4.5 billion.

Robert Samuels

As familes struggle with budgets, volunteers work to create healthful meals out of cheap food.

Melinda Henneberger

Laura Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Kerry say they fear things will change after U.S. troops leave.

Steven Mufson

Corn-based ethanol targets trimmed for the first time in what some call a capitulation to the oil industry.

As a five-year-old leukemia patient took to the streets of San Francisco as Batkid, President Obama made a Vine to thank him for "saving Gotham."

Robert Barnes

In front of an adoring crowd of 1,300 conservatives, the 65-year-old Thomas was full of “love.”

Emma Brown

A D.C. Council hearing drew a crowd Friday as officials consider changing school feeder patterns.

Joby Warrick

Albania turns down request to accept and destroy tons of chemicals stockpiled to be turned in weapons.

William Branigin and Juliet Eilperin

The president is meeting with insurance industry executives amid concerns about his policy shift.

Sari Horwitz

Attorney General Eric H. Holder’s announcement confirms use of warrantless surveillance data.

David A. Fahrenthold

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has been unable to persuade colleagues to take benefits from their staffers.

Josh Hicks

Some say the agency would have earned a net profit if not for a requirement to pre-fund future retiree health benefits.

An army of volunteers helped a young leukemia patient in San Francisco save the city as Batkid.

Soraya Nadia McDonald

Calling out Lily Allen out for her hypocritical imagery in her “Hard Out Here” video is not going to result in the death of feminist goals.

When Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, a photographer almost took the shot of a lifetime.

Emily Heil

The Israeli prime minister tweets a goofy, poorly designed graphic -- but at least it’s better than that cartoon bomb.

Ed O’Keefe and Sandhya Somashekhar

Proposal goes futher than proposed one-year fix by Obama, could dilute health-care law’s ‘essential benefits’

John Sides

New research reveals some surprising things about the Federal Reserve.

Reid Wilson

Gov. Jay Nixon signed an executive order Thursday to allow same-sex married couples to file joint tax returns.

Joann Weiner

Janet Yellen’s testimony before the Senate banking committee reveals strong belief in fighting against inflation while also promoting economic growth and reducing unemployment

David Nakamura

Two former agents say the supervisor was likely trying to clear a round from the gun chamber in order to secure it.

Marc Fisher

The networks covered a national trauma in real time on live TV, leading Americans through the initial jolt.

Catherine Ho

After months of cuts and losses, Washington’s premier lobby shop says things are turning around.

Josh Hicks

Republican lawmakers pitched the plan as a way to save money and achieve parity between public- and private-sector workers.

Ed O'Keefe

Republican proposal permits people to keep current health plans even if they don’t meet standards established by new law.

Brad Plumer

The EPA will require gasoline refiners to use just 15.2 billion gallons of ethanol next year — 14% lower than the original target set by Congress.

Sarah Kliff

“Most of them are in the driver’s seat on enforcing these new rules.“

Sean Sullivan

Cornyn has only token opposition just a few weeks from the filing deadline.