Education watchdog: Potential $847m in loan fraud
The number of college students who are suspected of engaging in loan fraud has increased 82 percent since 2009, the Education Department's watchdog ...
Ex-Calif. Rep. Cunningham finishes prison term
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, whose feats as a Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S. House career that ended in disgrace when he ...
New IRS head says taxpayers no longer trust agency
His agency under relentless fire, the new head of the Internal Revenue Service acknowledged to Congress on Monday that American taxpayers no longer ...
House GOP defense bill blocks Guantanamo closing
Rebuffing President Barack Obama's latest plea, House Republicans on Monday proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by ...
House panel: Report finds $50M for IRS conferences
A government watchdog has found that the Internal Revenue Service spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 ...
Congressmen find few Boston attack clues in Russia
The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was "nothing specific" that could have helped prevent ...
Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law enters House race
Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law is running to recapture the Philadelphia-area U.S. House seat that she lost almost 20 years ago, a defeat ascribed to ...
Democrat drops out, says goal was to oust Bachmann
The Democrat gearing up for a rematch against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann suspended his campaign Friday, proclaiming success in his goal to oust the ...
Obama drawing attention to new student loan debate
The government's subsidized student loan program, a marquee issue for President Barack Obama last year as he courted young voters on the campaign ...
In Chicago, Obama rallies Dems and donors for 2014
Returning to the town that launched his political career, President Barack Obama gave a boost Wednesday to Democrats chasing control of the House, ...
Michele Bachmann to leave House after fourth term
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday that her fourth term in Congress will be her last, choosing to leave on her own terms after a ...
Congressmen in Russia to investigate Boston attack
A U.S. congressional delegation is spending a week in Russia meeting with high-level government and security officials to investigate whether more ...
Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some ...
Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum
The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws — a code that is so ...
Border entry fee study sparks northern opposition
By Michael Hill's estimation, 90 percent of the people pumping gas at his station just south of the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state are ...
Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college post
U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced Thursday that he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama system.
IRS replaces official in tea party controversy
Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the ...
Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift
A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view Thursday, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger ...
House backs variable rate student loans
Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of ...
Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patients
Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before ...
House immigration group resolves dispute
House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the ...
Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on ...
House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults
Members of a House panel angry over the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the military took a key step toward tackling the problem by passing ...
Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts
Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its ...
House preserves its own budget as others face cuts
House lawmakers are moving to protect Capitol Hill's budget even as they're working to slash other programs like education, health research, water ...
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