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The Obama administration appointed Kenneth R. Feinberg to the new post, giving him broad discretion to set pay for 175 top executives at seven of the nation’s largest companies.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the U.S. government-backed sale of Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA, a victory for the bankrupt automaker and the Obama administration.

The Obama administration is working "through all possible channels" to secure the release of two young women journalists sentenced ...

A plan under consideration by the Obama administration would permit Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees facing the death penalty ...

The government's inadvertent and red-faced Internet posting of a 266-page list of U.S. nuclear sites provided a one-step guide for anyone wanting details about such sensitive information. Obama administration officials said Wednesday the document contained no classified material about nuclear weapons.

The Obama administration is expected to expand its mortgage aid program on Thursday, announcing new measures that would help ...

The Obama administration's fiscal stimulus plan will meet previous estimates to save 3.5 million U.S. jobs by the end of 2010, but the unemployment rate at that time may be higher due to further deterioration in the economy, a senior administration official said on Monday.

The decision by the Obama administration, to be announced Friday, reverses a longstanding policy.

The Obama Administration wants to open government with social networks. Privacy advocates worry that gives the government too much access to our lives.

The Obama administration forgot the first rule in a crisis: Never send Vice President Joe Biden to calm people's fears.