President Bush issued an executive order that denies bargaining rights to about 8,600 employees who work in national security.

The president-elect is poised to reverse actions that President Bush took using executive authority, possibly including policies on stem-cell research and oil drilling.

President Bush’s reversal of a longstanding position underscores the role of gas prices as a major issue in the presidential campaign.

Reversing a longstanding position, President Bush will call on Congress to end the ban on offshore oil drilling, underscoring how gas prices have become a major issue in the 2008 campaign.

Reversing a longstanding position, President Bush will call on Congress to end the ban on offshore drilling, underscoring how gas prices have become a major issue in the 2008 campaign.