President Obama has narrowed his choice for the next Federal Bureau of Investigation director to two people: a top White House aide and a former Bush administration official.

Eight members of Congress asked Google Chief Executive Larry Page to make assurances about privacy safeguards for the company's high-profile Google Glass device.

Columnist David Wessel writes that while central banks' stimulative efforts have boosted economies and driven investment, the risks of overheating or a bubble are worth watching.

President Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Penny Pritzker, received $54 million last year from an offshore account held by her family, according to new documents.

Financial regulators are taking a harder line on exchanges amid concerns over their ability to police the markets they operate.

The sluggishness of the U.S. economy is driving down inflation, leaving companies unable to increase prices and raising doubts about the durability of the recovery.

A second top IRS official said he was leaving the agency. The move came as President Obama named the current controller of the White House budget office, Daniel Werfel, acting commissioner.

Construction of new homes sank last month far more than expected, but a surge in building permits points to a pickup in the months ahead.

Federal Reserve officials are deeply engaged in debating when to begin dialing back an $85 billion-a-month bond buying program, but don't appear near consensus on when to pull the trigger.

Drafters of the Senate immigration bill allowed modest changes to the requirement that all businesses use a federal database to verify workers' legality, but they resisted GOP efforts to put the system in place faster.

A Senate panel Thursday voted in favor of President Barack Obama's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a week after a boycott by Republicans stalled her path to confirmation.

The epidemic of unfilled federal judicial seats may be the best illustration of how the Senate's dysfunction now affects all branches of the government, writes Gerald F. Seib.

President Obama forced the resignation Wednesday of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the inappropriate targeting of conservative political groups.

The more than 100 pages of messages depict a protracted and often tense debate about what should be contained in public "talking points" about last year's deadly assault in Libya.

Federal investigators are probing whether an ex-Education Department official violated the law by allegedly sharing information inappropriately about new regulations with an advocacy group he founded.

Senators reviewing an immigration bill are battling behind the scenes over new visa rules, a fight that pits Silicon Valley against some lawmakers who say the industry must do more to boost American workers.

The Obama administration, amid media criticism for secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press journalists, pressed Congress to revive talks on legislation that would provide stronger protections to reporters.

House GOP leaders began preparing their colleagues for another budget confrontation this fall, amid news of a recent decline in the federal deficit.

Senate Democrats plan to try to break the logjam on a number of top administration nominees whose confirmations have been held up by Republican senators.

The Senate voted to give the main agency charged with implementing the 2010 health-care law its first confirmed leader in seven years.