Dear drug policy reformer: One of the most important actions taken by Congress in recent years was the lifting of a ban on the use of federal AIDS grants . . .

WASHINGTON/CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A defiant President Barack Obama on Wednesday took his boldest action yet to show voters he will confront Republicans, announcing he will bypass Congress and install nominees into politically sensitive jobs overseeing consumer lending and the labor force. Obama will make recess appointments placing Richard Cordray in charge of the new Consumer Financial ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama announced today that he will circumvent the Senate and appoint a head of the new financial protection bureau while Congress is on break, a move that has Republicans seeing red.

The congressional impasse over extending the payroll tax cut became a showdown Tuesday between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner.

House members headed out for their holiday break without agreeing on a payroll tax cut extension. The tax cut saves the average American family $1,000 a year.