President Barack Obama on Monday ordered his Cabinet to find ways to slice spending by $100 million, but acknowledged it's a "drop in the bucket" and said there's a "confidence gap" that he needs to ...

Obama's announcements marked a shift in emphasis, after a spate of appointments last week for his economic team. He now has selected half the members of his Cabinet, and is doing so at an unusually ...

(AP) President Barack Obama will nominate San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to become housing secretary and will tap Shaun Donovan, his current housing chief, to run the budget office, a White House ...

The news that San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro would be nominated for the Cabinet post of secretary of housing and urban development fueled speculation about his future in national politics. But he may ...

In February 2008, a helicopter transporting three U.S. senators had to make an emergency landing in Afghanistan. A crash was averted and all three — Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel — survived.

Obama said he would make Rice, his pick for the U.N., a member of the Cabinet, an increase in stature from the Bush era. Clinton, Holder, Napolitano and Rice all require confirmation by the Senate.