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President Barack Obama will likely name a new chief economic adviser to replace Lawrence Summers later this week as his administration looks for more effective ways to reduce an unemployment rate that remains near 10%, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

Federal agencies are investigating foreclosure processes after some major banks have said they would either review or suspend foreclosures because of possible errors. And Chicago-area law enforcers are halting foreclosure-related evictions until banks provide them with proper affidavits.

The shooting war between Fox News and the Obama Administration is over, at least for now. Officials from the two camps met for a parley on Wednesday, emerging with what's being described as a "truce." A ceasefire is more like it -- if that. Both sides, having spent their ammunition and mussed...

When future historians write about the Obama presidency, the question of how the once-obscure junior senator from Illinois handled the task of reforming the nation's health care system will be foremost on their minds as they judge his domestic policy achievements. Democrats are eager to pass the...

The White House has reassured investors that the dollar will remain the world's reserve currency. "Despite whatever talk you might have heard, I don't see that there is movement away from the notion of the dollar being that currency," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Thursday at...

CNBC commentator Rick Santelli's rant against President Obama's economic stimulus package quickly became an internet sensation. When Lita Epstein posted the footage on DailyFinance, it received more than 450 comments. The video also caught the attention of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs,...