WASHINGTON (AP) - Only $109.6 billion in resources remain in the government’s $700 billion financial rescue fund.

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. could get as much as $5 billion more in federal loans, while Chrysler LLC could get $500 million as they race against government-imposed deadlines to restructure, according to a government report filed Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama proclaimed signs of economic progress Tuesday but also warned Americans eager for good news that “by no means are we out of the woods.“

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn vows to make sure South Carolina gets all the federal stimulus money it is due.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, bluntly rejecting turnaround plans by General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, demanding fresh concessions for long-term federal aid and raising the possibility of quick bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant.

NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street’s big March rally was officially on hold Monday after the White House rejected turnaround plans from General Motors Corp. and Chrysler.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats in Congress are promising to take away as much of the bonus money as they can from AIG executives.

President Barack Obama will be making his first sit-down talk show appearance in studio in front of a live audience since becoming elected on Thursday, March 19 on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (Monday – Friday, 11:35 p.m.-12:37 a.m. ET on NBC).  This marks the first appearance of a sitting President on a late night talk show.

South Carolina’s Senate minority leader
says Gov. Mark Sanford should visit the Dillon school that
President Obama highlighted in a speech this week.

WASHINGTON – Reaching out to an anxious nation Tuesday night, President Barack Obama asserted himself as a 21st Century Franklin Roosevelt, whose fireside chats helped lift the spirits of the nation during the Great Depression.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama told the nation Tuesday night that he was inspired by the resolve of a South Carolina student who wrote a plea to the White House and Congress to fix her crumbling school.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he’s identified $2 trillion in budget savings that can be realized over the next 10 year.

WASHINGTON - He’s at the start of his first term, riding high in public approval ratings, supported by Congress’ Democratic leaders, and fresh out-of-the-gate with legislative victories.

People voted for Obama’s message of hope, optimism and confidence. But in selling his economic stimulus plan, Obama shares similarities with Bush and every recent president.

Tiger Woods says he’s trying to fit in a round of golf with the president.