Defense

Bush pledges to investigate administration response

Vice President Dick Cheney, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff dispatched to identify "bureaucratic obstacles" to relief effort.

Management

Social Security Administration dipping into politics, report says

Democrats accuse Bush administration of using agency to push its privatization agenda.

News

Bush inaugurated, proclaims era of expanding freedom

Inaugural address shaped by the notion that it is the moral and national security imperative of the United States to aid a gathering worldwide march toward liberty.

Defense

Prospects for intelligence overhaul bill remain uncertain

House leaders may not decide until Monday whether to schedule a vote on the bill.

Defense

Bush to press for action on intelligence overhaul measure

Pay & Benefits

Debt ceiling showdown could affect TSP investments

Treasury may seek to avoid the limit by temporarily suspending investments in federal retirement funds.

Defense

Bush backs 'intelligence czar' with control over budgets

President embraces key recommendation of 9/11 commission that he had previously stopped short of endorsing.

News

White House: No position yet on intelligence overhaul

Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin was not speaking for the administration when he expressed reservations about the appointment of an "intelligence czar."

Management

Senate approves fiscal 2005 budget resolution

Defense

White House objects to proposed Defense cuts

The White House is objecting to Senate Republican efforts to scale back President Bush's defense spending plans, saying the move imperils the Bush administration's effort to upgrade the military while conducting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

News

White House presses Senate to approve omnibus bill

News

White House announces record $374 billion deficit

The Bush administration Monday announced that the fiscal 2003 federal budget deficit was $374 billion, a decrease of about $81 billion from the $455 billion deficit forecast in July, but still a record high.

News

Justice Department launches probe of CIA leak

Defense

Senate to take up Iraq supplemental Tuesday