Getting ready for Thanksgiving — by the bushel

Congress expands homebuyer tax credit

Miss out on "Cash for Clunkers"? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the federal government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, you can get up to $8,000.

Two School for Arts students head to White House

Two Baltimore School for the Arts students are among 120 music students from around the nation who will be visiting the White House today to take part in a workshop with master musicians.

Obama's right about Fox

Much has been made recently of the president's stiff-arming of Fox News. I support that effort. Fox is simply not just another mainstream broadcast outlet that must be treated like all others. It has broken the tradition of the recent past that broadcast and news outlets make a reasonable attempt at...

Obama has reason to take on Fox 'News'

Nobody seems to get it as to why the Obama administration has spit on Fox "News." Fox is responsible for organizing the tea parties. They are thus organizing people against the government and are not a serious news organization. They are serving as a communication arm of the Republican Party. Does...

Obama declares swine flu emergency

President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency Saturday, a procedural step designed to allow health care providers to speed treatment and slow the spread of the disease.

Obama plans to slash pay of bailed-out execs

Already facing public and political ire for their gold-plated pay packages, top executives at the seven companies that have received the most bailout money soon will see their compensation slashed under a plan to be announced as early as today by the Obama administration.

New push planned in Congress to clean up bay

Maryland politicians and others gathered on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis Monday to announce a new push in Congress to restore the troubled estuary by giving state and federal governments more power and funding to clean up pollution from farms, cities and suburbs. But in a bid to...

Obama pays surprise visit to Silver Spring elementary

President Barack Obama paid a surprise lunchtime visit to Viers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring on Monday. Montgomery County schools spokeswoman Kate Harrison said the visit lasted 30 minutes to 45 minutes, and that officials had been told to keep it secret. Obama "really just wanted to...

Another stimulus among Obama's considerations

President Barack Obama is considering all options to create jobs, including another stimulus package, while trying to pull the economy out of a deep recession and deal with a record deficit, White House advisers said Sunday.

Artist behind Obama 'Hope' poster admits error

Artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, admitted Friday that he didn't use the Associated Press photo he originally claimed his work was based on but instead used a picture the news organization had claimed was his source.