Paul O'Neill

President Bush said Monday that the United States wants Osama bin Laden brought to justice "dead or alive," while an increasingly tense Taliban government in Afghanistan planned to convene a meeting of 1,000 key Islamic leaders Tuesday to decide how to...

President Bush marked the 100th day of the war against terrorism Thursday by confronting directly one of its many unforeseen complexities: the rising tensions between Pakistan and India, two essential American allies in the anti-terror effort who are also...

With layoffs mounting and the economy quickly sinking toward recession, President Bush and congressional leaders pledged Wednesday to develop a new economic stimulus package likely to include tax relief and spending increases. In a bipartisan meeting...

One of President Bush's top economic advisors, Stephen Friedman, plans to resign from the administration to return to private life, White House officials said today. Friedman was little seen during his two-year tenure as director of the National Economic...

The voice is a little more raspy, but days before his 90th birthday former President Gerald Ford sounds full of energy and memories. "I'm still playing golf. I'm still a nine-holer; my legs can't handle 18 very well," he laughs over the phone from his...

The Bush administration gave a lukewarm endorsement Tuesday to a Republican-backed $100 billion economic stimulus package that the House will consider later this week over Democratic opposition. Translation: It is in trouble. Various administration...

In the confusion and fear after last week's terrorist attacks, President Bush ordered U.S. fighter planes to shoot down any American commercial airliner threatening Washington, a decision the White House would make again to save American lives in a future...

U.S. authorities began a worldwide crackdown Wednesday on two shadowy financial organizations, a banking group and a money-transfer network, that they say help Saudi exile Osama bin Laden finance terrorist activities. The strikes against al-Taqwa and al-...

The world's seven largest industrial countries jointly pledged Saturday to promote growth in a stagnant global economy hurt by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and to crack down harder on financing of terrorist groups. Finance ministers and central bankers...

President Bush urged swift congressional approval Wednesday of an economic stimulus package of $60 billion to $75 billion to boost damaged consumer and business confidence and assist Americans directly affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The...

Although repeated alarms about the inadequacy of U.S. airport safety have been ignored in the past, congressional leaders on Thursday called for a federal takeover of airport security checks. Other steps under consideration include reinforcing cockpit...

The government's top two financial officials promised Americans on Thursday that a U.S. economy brought to a virtual standstill by last week's terrorist attacks will recover and return to prosperity. Neither Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan nor...