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The president's plan will increase spending in the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a number of government programs. The deficit for this year would surge to a record-breaking $1.6 trillion, according to a congressional official.

President Obama will begin his second year in office buffeted by some strong political crosswinds. He faces implacable Republican opposition in Congress, an energized conservative base outside Washington, and an anemic economic recovery.

The president's liberal base is divided over health care, Afghanistan and Guantanamo. Can he fire up Democrats in time for November's elections?

As Senate Democrats on Tuesday pushed their health care bill closer to final passage, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina derided the legislative process as "a joke" but told NPR that lessons learned could foster renewed bipartisanship on the issue of energy independence.

But the GOP lawmaker says lessons learned may spur bipartisanship on a bill to cut greenhouse gases.

A local aerospace company chief is defending his twenty-year military jet project that is under fire by congressional investigators who say it's a failure. Full Focus reporter Amita Sharma has more.

KPBS Reporter Sharon Heilbrunn examines the controversy over where the new Charger's stadium should be.

This week, Congressman Duncan Hunter had to defend himself before a House subcommittee. Hunter has helped steer tens of millions of dollars in earmarked funds to a La Jolla based aerospace company ove

More than a million dollars in federal stimulus funds have arrived to help a North County coalition keep families off the streets.

This week, Congress questioned Representative Duncan Hunter's support for a jet that barely flies. And, the county's pension board is in a standoff with the Board of Supervisors over health benefits.