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President Bush signed legislation Friday to extend unemployment insurance benefits nationwide, his spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

A standoff between congressional Democrats and President Bush continued to brew Wednesday, as lawmakers pressed a skeptical administration to help ailing U.S. automakers.

President Bush hinted Monday he would be willing to consider a second stimulus package, hours after America's top banker suggested one might be necessary.

President Bush on Friday defended recent federal intervention in the financial system as necessary to ward off a wider economic crisis and said the actions were not just a Wall Street bailout.

President Bush announced an extraordinary and historic investment in the nation's banks early Tuesday - the biggest bet ever made with taxpayer dollars on the U.S. financial system.

President Bush on Saturday once again tried to reassure a nervous public that world leaders were working together to address the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression.

In one of the wildest days of trading ever, the Dow finishes with a 128-point loss -- after falling nearly 700 points at the open.

President Bush pledges action to 'resolve this crisis.' Markets around the world tank as fears persist. GE's results are in line with lowered forecast.

Morgan Stanley plunges again.

President Bush on Friday encouraged the American people to have confidence in the economy during a "deeply unsettling period."

After two weeks of contentious and often emotional debate, the federal government's far-reaching and historic plan to bail out the nation's financial system was signed into law by President Bush on Friday afternoon.

President Bush used a prime-time TV address on Wednesday night to press his case for a $700 billion bailout of the nation's shaky financial system.