White House Search for Intelligence Chief Stalled
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The White House is having some  trouble finding a new intelligence chief to oversee all U.S.  spying programs, with a high-profile candidate spurning the job  six weeks after the search began.
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The White Houseâs attempt to create an alternative justice system for terrorism suspects has yet to complete a single trial and took two more blows yesterday.
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The contest for the Republican presidential nomination remains without a clear front-runner in a field of candidates still scrambling to find a message.
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A summit between President Bush and the heads of the Big Three automakers has been pushed back until after the November election, despite an expected visit to the state by Bush this week and increasing pressure from critics who say the White House is ignoring the needs of the struggling industry.
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It&#39;s one thing for a White House to be asleep at the switch when nominating the third in command at the US Embassy in Grenada or an assistant undersecretary in the Department of Energy.
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THE FAILED nomination of Bernard B. Kerik as secretary of homeland security raises questions about the administration&#39;s push to line up its second-term Cabinet.
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The vote on Dr. Andrew von EschenbachÂs nomination to head the Food and Drug Administration may be delayed by two Republicans.
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President Bush issued a new order on Friday enhancing the powers of the director of central intelligence, but the White House said that new legislation was still needed
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John R. Bolton's quest for a longer lease on his temporary job as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations remained elusive Thursday as the Senate shied away from a vote to confirm him.
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The Bush administration has yet to name a new national intelligence director, and the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat says he wants an explanation. The position, created in last year's intelligence reorganization bill, has been open for more than eight weeks.
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The White House and a group of   renegade Senate Republicans stepped up talks on Tuesday in a   bid to break the impasse over President George W. Bush's plan   to interrogate and try foreign terrorism suspects.
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Is the Defense chief dragging his feet on intelligence?
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Congress is unlikely to approve a bill giving President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program legal status and new restrictions before the November midterm elections, dealing a significant blow to one of the White House's top wartime priorities.
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has taken a position at odds with the White House in urging Congress this week to restrict the powers of a new national intelligence
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Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearing this week may become more contentious because the White House has refused to provide copies of his memos on the questioning of terror suspects.
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The White House fended off questions Thursday about whether it pressured Congress to kill a Senate proposal that would have prohibited intelligence officials from torturing foreign prisoners.
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President George W. Bush will give more power to the head of the Central Intelligence Agency as an interim step until a new national intelligence director is confirmed by Congress, spokesman Scott McClellan said.