WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- The White House has prepared an executive order to reassert presidential authority to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely, The Washington Post reported.

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The White House says it would like the 2010 Census to feature information about same-sex marriages, partnerships and unions in the United States.

WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- A top White House economic adviser was paid about $9 million in speaking fees and compensation from a hedge fund in 2008, financial disclosure forms show.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Fans of outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean say it's no accident he wasn't at the podium when his successor was named.

HONOLULU, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama was able to evade the media glare long enough to take his daughters on an excursion to a Hawaii marine park, observers said.

OAHU, Hawaii, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama paid a visit to armed services members having dinner with their families at a Hawaii military base, officials said.

CHICAGO, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Aides to Barack Obama tried to explain two earmarks Obama sought for Chicago's Adler Planetarium while Adler's chairman was fundraising for the senator.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama awarded grants as an Illinois state legislator to a nonprofit headed by a relative of his wife, records show.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Republican officials will ask the U.S. Federal Election Commission to investigate fundraising by Barack Obama's presidential campaign, a GOP lawyer said Sunday.