The Census Bureau reports the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office
President Bush will seek formal comment from his Cabinet agencies next week on a plan that could make three of the world's most remote and pristine island chains off-limits to commercial fishing and mineral exploration.
President Bush on Saturday blamed the Democratic-led Congress for the high cost of gasoline and renewed his call for expanded offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies
President Bush may want to end the ban on offshore drilling, but you wouldn't know it from his administration's failure to obey a key directive in the 2005 Energy Act.
President Bush has signed legislation that bans lead from children's toys, imposing the toughest standard in the world.
In its first tangible response to the Russian attack, the White House offers supportive words -- as well as planes and ships
While playing the role of fan-in-chief, President Bush mixed diplomacy and sports as he wrapped up his trip to Asia on Monday.
Bush reflected on an Olympics experience that was extraordinary even by presidential standards
President Bush, increasingly distracted by Russia's harsh military crackdown in Georgia, took in one final golden Olympic moment then ended what was likely his last trip to Asia
BEIJING -- The situation called for delicate diplomacy, but not by No. 41 and No. 43 on your Bush presidential dial. Bush senior and junior were simple hoop fans among rowdy Olympic spectators Sunday night -- the only Americans without face paint in the arena -- when the U.S. men opened its competition in the Beijing Games against China.
The Census Bureau reports the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office
President Bush will seek formal comment from his Cabinet agencies next week on a plan that could make three of the world's most remote and pristine island chains off-limits to commercial fishing and mineral exploration.
President Bush on Saturday blamed the Democratic-led Congress for the high cost of gasoline and renewed his call for expanded offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies
President Bush may want to end the ban on offshore drilling, but you wouldn't know it from his administration's failure to obey a key directive in the 2005 Energy Act.
President Bush has signed legislation that bans lead from children's toys, imposing the toughest standard in the world.
In its first tangible response to the Russian attack, the White House offers supportive words -- as well as planes and ships
While playing the role of fan-in-chief, President Bush mixed diplomacy and sports as he wrapped up his trip to Asia on Monday.
Bush reflected on an Olympics experience that was extraordinary even by presidential standards
President Bush, increasingly distracted by Russia's harsh military crackdown in Georgia, took in one final golden Olympic moment then ended what was likely his last trip to Asia
BEIJING -- The situation called for delicate diplomacy, but not by No. 41 and No. 43 on your Bush presidential dial. Bush senior and junior were simple hoop fans among rowdy Olympic spectators Sunday night -- the only Americans without face paint in the arena -- when the U.S. men opened its competition in the Beijing Games against China.
President Bush, in a clear reference to China's tight control of churches, said Sunday that no country should "fear the influence" of religious freedom.
President Bush talks tough on human rights. But his trip is about Iran as much as it is about China or sports
Thousands of protesters packed the streets of the South Korean capital Tuesday as President Bush arrived for the start of his Asian tour.
A new poll out Thursday indicates that fewer than a quarter of Americans think things are going well in the country.
President Bush says he's using his last six months in office to push new energy plans that include electricity from coal.
President Bush signed legislation Wednesday that triples U.S. funding to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world
Republicans on Wednesday pressured congressional Democrats for a vote to lift a ban on offshore drilling before Congress begins its summer recess.
President Bush called Wednesday for Congress to allow offshore oil drilling, citing an "urgent" need to reduce pressure on crude and gas prices.
The Bush administration gave details Wednesday on how it plans to borrow the billions of dollars it will need to cope with the soaring budget deficits.
President Bush signed a massive housing bill intended to provide mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners and stabilize financial markets
Stock futures headed higher Wednesday on a surprising gain in a private sector employment survey and just ahead of the latest report on U.S. gas demand, following President Bush's approval of a massive housing rescue bill.
President Bush has approved the Army's request to execute a soldier convicted of rape and murder, the White House announced Monday evening.
President Bush's budget chief blamed the faltering economy and the bipartisan stimulus package for the record $482 billion deficit the White House predicted for the 2009 budget year.
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain used news that the United States' budget deficit will hit a record high as an opportunity to criticize each other's fiscal plans.
Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market
The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone
Rescue legislation sailed through the House Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and to prevent troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from collapsing
U.S. political parties' conventions are relics. They don't decide the nominees any more. That's been turned over to primary voters. And no one pays much attention to party platforms except a few ideological activists.
Israeli authorities have arrested six Arabs suspected of trying to build an al Qaeda-linked cell, including one person said to have asked about targeting President Bush's helicopter.
President Bush will visit Northern California to get a first-hand look at the wildfires that have ravaged hundreds of square miles and strained the state's firefighting resources
A former top Pentagon official defended the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners, saying its policies prohibited torture during interrogations.
President Bush and his international policy team pushed on all fronts Tuesday to increase pressure on Zimbabwe's government after an attempt to impose U.N. sanctions on the regime failed last week.
President Bush pressed lawmakers Tuesday to lift a ban on offshore oil drilling, saying "the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil resources is action from the U.S. Congress."
Under the backdrop of a deteriorating economic picture, President Bush said Tuesday he is taking action to help people with falling home values and high gas prices.
President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit.
Firefighting officials said Friday that one person died when a wildfire swept through a rural area of Northern California, a rare human casualty among the hundreds of blazes that have tormented the state for weeks
President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases
The Senate Wednesday approved a bill to put new rules in place for intelligence agency eavesdropping on suspected terrorists.
John McCain and George Bush have a lot in common, but these two Republicans have also had some high profile differences, and McCain's presidential campaign is more than willing to point them out.
A California group submitted a proposal Monday to rename a sewage treatment plant after President Bush, calling the initiative a fitting tribute to the outgoing chief executive and the "mess" he'll leave behind
President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to boycott "would be an affront to the Chinese people."
President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics
President Bush heads to Japan on Saturday for his final G-8 summit of world leaders as the global economy slumps, energy prices soar and food shortages loom in the developing world.
President Bush traveled to the home of Thomas Jefferson Friday to help swear in new U.S. citizens as part of Independence Day celebrations.
With the economy and Iraq topping voter concerns, abortion has receded into the political background. As a TIME poll shows, that has put the Catholic vote up for grabs
President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged that June was a difficult month for American and allied troops in Afghanistan, saying the higher death toll there was because troops are taking the fight to Taliban militants.
President Bush on Monday signed a bill that will pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the remainder of his presidency and into spring 2009.
The Bush administration hailed North Korea's declaration of its nuclear program as a success for the multilateral diplomacy it engaged in through the six party talks with South Korea, China, Japan and Russia.
Opponents of a bill that would overhaul the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act blocked consideration Thursday of the controversial bill until after the July 4 recess.
President Bush has selected a new leader for the Small Business Administration: Santanu "Sandy" Baruah, who currently heads the Economic Development Administration at the Department of Commerce and has been a member of the Bush administration since 2001.
President Bush is traveling to Japan early next month for a summit of leading industrialized nations, but is skipping for now a widely expected stop in South Korea
Bush and the first lady take to the dance floor as hundreds turn out for the party for Jenna and Henry
The House approved a bipartisan plan Friday to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws.
The White House said Wednesday that it was "puzzled" by a former spokesman's memoir in which he accuses the Bush administration of being mired in propaganda and political spin and at times playing loose with the truth.
Military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would be funded into early 2009 under a compromise plan approved Thursday by the U.S. House.
House and Senate leaders Thursday announced a new effort to overhaul U.S. wiretapping laws that appears likely to let telecommunications companies escape lawsuits over the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program.
Carrying the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said on a tour of Midwest flooding on Thursday that he is listening to small-town concerns and understands the exhaustion of rescuers
President Bush asked Congress on Wednesday to permit drilling for oil in deep water off America's coasts to combat rising oil and gas prices.
President Bush and John McCain have both called for lifting a ban on offshore drilling. At a time of soaring gas prices, the idea is popular -- but unlikely to help much
Congress passed a $300 billion farm bill over President Bush's veto for a second time Wednesday, a step made necessary by a clerical error when the original bill passed.
Analysis: The President can't end Iran's nuclear program in the time he has left. So he's passing the problem on
President George Bush, saying the United States "must produce more oil," called Wednesday for a lifting of the ban on offshore drilling.
President Bush and his wife, Laura, went to a wake for Tim Russert, the television newsman who died last Friday
On the last leg of his European visit, the President showed just how much common ground he shares with the British Prime Minister
An attempt by Rep. Dennis Kucinich to impeach President Bush was kicked into legislative no-man's land by members of his own party Wednesday.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential candidate from Ohio, introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush into the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
President Bush said Wednesday that his first choice is to solve a nuclear standoff with Iran by using diplomacy, but "all options are on the table."
It is always a tricky time for the White House incumbent as the race to be the next occupant of the White House hots up. Steadily he becomes a man in office, not in power. His strength ebbs away daily as key players delay their decisions pending the outcome of the succession contest.
Before departing the White House early Monday for a farewell tour of Europe, President Bush stole a page from his predecessor and suggested he feels American consumers' pain.
President Bush is on his way to Europe on a farewell trip to major capitals, expressing both concern and long-term confidence in the US economy
The dismal jobs report on Friday has prompted renewed calls for a second congressional effort to stimulate the economy.
A scandal engulfing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was pushed into the background as the embattled Israeli leader and President Bush declared their resolve against Iran
President Bush on Monday called on lawmakers to make his 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent or risk what the White House has tagged "the largest tax increase in history."
President Bush on Monday lauded U.S. troops as "an awesome bunch of people" and lamented that some of them have had to die in defense of freedom.
President Bush on Wednesday signed legislation to protect people from losing their jobs or health insurance when genetic testing reveals they are susceptible to costly diseases
President Bush announced Wednesday that Americans soon will be allowed to send cell phones to Cuba, which he hopes will inspire freedom of expression in the island nation
The United States will allow Americans to send mobile phones to relatives in Cuba under a change in policy that President Bush announced Wednesday.
President Bush has expressed his "deep concern" and regret to Iraq's prime minister over the desecration of a Quran by an American soldier, the White House said Tuesday.
Whatever happens Tuesday in Kentucky and Oregon, John McCain knows he won't just be running against the Democrats this fall. He will also be running against George W. Bush.
John McCain's best chance is to chart his own course on domestic policy without blindly following or denouncing Bush
The President's trip to the Middle East highlighted the limits of American power and what his successor will face in the post-Bush world
President Bush will sign a bill halting U.S. government purchases of oil to replenish the nation's emergency supply, a White House spokesman said Monday.
President Bush told Arab and Middle Eastern leaders Sunday what they must do to advance their nations: Empower women, release political prisoners, foster free trade, repudiate terrorism and defend freedoms of speech and religion.
Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush's request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production.
With help from the President, the two presumptive candidates fire at each other over foreign policy. Welcome to the campaign
Democrats on Thursday condemned President Bush's insinuation that they would be appeasing terrorist states by holding talks, with one going so far as to call his remarks "bulls**t."
The government said Friday that it would halt deliveries to the strategic oil reserves, and in quick response, oil prices retreated from a record high near $128 a barrel.
President Bush is appealing to oil-rich Saudi Arabia to increase production just as oil prices have hit another record high
The President takes a veiled swipe at Obama in a speech in Israel, and gets a quick response. Both sides relish the fight, but there are risks for each
In his first address to Israel's parliament Thursday, President Bush reiterated the United States' "unbreakable" alliance with the Jewish state and denounced calls to negotiate with "terrorists and radicals."
Israelis and Palestinians clashed in Gaza, killing four Palestinians including a teen, as President Bush arrived Wednesday in Israel to prod the oft-stalled Mideast peace process.
The GOP candidate's global warming plan has its flaws. But he has engaged the issue, and that bodes well for the '08 campaign
The House of Representatives voted to direct the Bush administration to stop filling the strategic petroleum reserve temporarily in an effort to alleviate increasing gas prices.
Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday said reaching a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine within the next eight months "might be improbable but it's not impossible"
The President's latest journey to the Middle East is being watched carefully by his potential successor
Congress, as part of a plan to tame record oil prices, is voting Tuesday on measures aimed at stopping President Bush from continuing to fill the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
President Bush has spoken by phone with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the powerful earthquake that hit central China
As I got ready to head back to Jerusalem with President Bush on Tuesday, I keep flashing back to one particularly eye-opening moment during his last trip to the region in search of a peace deal four months ago.
The father of the bride danced to "You Are So Beautiful" with daughter Jenna
Against the backdrop of a stunning Texas sunset, near a lake on the Bush family's 1,600-acre ranch, President Bush walked his daughter, Jenna, down the aisle to her groom, the White House said.
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