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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says the federal highway trust fund will start drying up this summer. The transportation fund provides money for highway and bridge work across the U.S. Lawmakers have been unable to agree on a plan to replenish the highway fund...

President Obama hopes to send a message that renewable energy is feasible for everyone. Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof.

The Boston Red Sox will be celebrating their World Series championship with President Barack Obama next week.       The White House announced Tuesday the president has invited the team for a ceremony on April 1. The Red Sox open their season against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on March 31...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has teamed up with the White House to host a conference on how to maintain privacy in the digital era.

President Barack Obama has launched and initiative called ``My Brother's Keeper.''       Speaking at the White House, Obama said stronger efforts are needed to create more opportunities for young minority men and to improve conditions that keep them impoverished and imprisoned in disproportionate numbers...

President Obama is welcoming mayors from across the country to the White House today.  At a reception for the nearly 300 attending the 82nd Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Obama reminded city leaders there's a lot more work to be done to make sure every person has a chance to get ahead.  ...

President Obama is designating troubled neighborhoods in five cities as Promise Zones.  In a White House event, the President said the new federal program will help address economic inequality.  He cited ongoing improvement in the economic recovery and said it is important to ensure that nobody is left behind...

The House has given sweeping bipartisan approval to a budget bill backed by both President Barack Obama, his Democratic allies and a big majority of the chamber's Republicans.       The 332-94 vote sends the measure to the Senate, where Republicans are more skeptical. But...

There is much to do and little time to do it.  That's what faces Congress between now and the end of the year.  Pressure is mounting on House and Senate negotiators to strike a budget deal by mid-month.  Failure to do so could prompt fears of another government shutdown when a temporary deal funding the government expires in mid-January...

President Barack Obama declared an interim nuclear deal with Iran an ‘‘important first step’’ that cuts off the Islamic republic’s most likely path toward a bomb. ‘‘These are substantial limitations which will help prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon,’’ Obama said at the White House late Saturday. The p...