Foxx is Charlotte's youngest elected mayor. The cabinet will likely round out with an Obama fundraiser and a close adviser.
Photos of the red carpet arrivals and more pictures from the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
President Barack Obama spoke at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, poking fun at himself, the press and the political landscape.
The nomination would make Foxx the only African-American chosen for a Cabinet opening in Obama’s second term.
A Mississippi man was arrested and charged in connection with letters containing ricin sent to Obama.
U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated his warning to Syria that the use of chemical weapons will be a “game changer” for the U.S. policy.
The Senate will not vote on the controversial 2013 cybersecurity bill passed by the House this month.
A House of Representatives vote will keep air-traffic control towers open.
The president said the small Texas town's character was on display in the response to the fertilizer plant explosion.
Speaking at the George W. Bush Library dedication, Obama says the former president deserves credit if comprehensive immigration reform gets done.
The White House website lets taxpayers get a personalized look at where their tax dollars are being spent.
President Barack Obama has announced his plan to deal with the possibility of his daughters getting tattoos later in life -- and it’s brilliant.
The term "false flag" keeps coming up in conspiracy theories around Boston and other terror attacks. Why?
Republican New Hampshire State Rep. Stella Tremblay believes the United States government may have orchestrated the Boston Marathon bombings as part of an elaborate “false flag” operation.
The AP's Twitter feed was hacked, reportedly by a group called the Syrian Electronic Army.
Evidence so far indicates that the Tsarnaev brothers did not have help from international terrorist groups.
A fake tweet about the White House being attacked and the president being injured hammered stocks, for a moment.
The false report also caused a brief panic on Wall Street.
You can be sure any time the government changes its statistical methods, it’s for the benefit of the government.
What will, and what should, the U.S. do if it's true that a "red line" in the Syrian conflict has been crossed?
Officials are still unsure what caused the fire and explosion that killed at least 14 people.
The 2013 immigration bill was unveiled to mixed reviews, some of them from members of the very committee now debating it.