Not that it will discourage anyone with burning ambition to be president from running, but campaign experts say winning the White House in 2016 is expected to cost more than $1 billion.


President Obama began his 16-day winter vacation in Hawaii by -- guess what? -- playing a round of golf.

Your Government at Work
Since 1979 suspected Nazi war criminals have been receiving U.S. Social Security benefits. Congress passed legislation ending the practice after an Associated Press investigation showed dozens of former Nazis collected millions of dollars in retirement benefits after being forced to leave the United States. President Obama signed the measure into law.