A proposed bailout for the U.S. auto industry could be derailed by Senate Republicans opposed to the $14 billion plan, officials said Wednesday. The Washington Post reported the plan backed by the White House and Democrats to help General Motors, Ford Motor Co.

A federal appeals court in Washington Monday agreed to a delay in the testimony of White House aides in a probe of the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. A three-judge panel of the U.S.

WASHINGTON _ Demonstrating that a constitutional battle between Congress and the White House is far from over, the House Judiciary Committee took legal action Monday to try to compel presidential chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers to provide information about the firings of nine U.S.

The U.S. House of Representatives Monday sued a current and a former White House aide to compel them to testify about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey Friday refused to pursue contempt of Congress charges against current and former presidential aides. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had called on Mukasey to open a grand jury investigation.