Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday that Russia's actions in the conflict with Georgia are an 'affront to civilized standards' and 'completely unacceptable.'

President Bush says in his weekly radio address that members of Congress who oppose offshore oil drilling should not expect voters to support them in November.

The Treasury Department is putting the finishing touches to a plan that would essentially amount to a government takeover of the mortgage giants, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal

The widower of slain former leader Benazir Bhutto will succeed Pervez Musharraf as the president of Pakistan.

The White House is pushing back against a new book by Bob Woodward that claims President Bush was slow to react to escalating violence in Iraq.

The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as Sunday, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday as congressional leaders seized on the enormous implications for taxpayers and the economy.