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Dem, GOP senators work on background check deal
Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows ...
Top White House aide: GOP must cooperate on budget
The White House on Sunday warned Republicans that a "my way or the highway" approach would spell the GOP's defeat in upcoming budget negotiations and ...
Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as ...
Republicans push for hearings on immigration bill
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused their GOP colleagues working on a bipartisan immigration bill of operating in secret, saying in ...
House group finalizing immigration bill
A group of Republicans and Democrats in the House is finalizing a sweeping immigration bill that offers work permits and the eventual prospect of ...
Party intransigence dims hopes for 'grand bargain'
The bipartisan cease-fire that kept the government running this spring gave birth to hopeful talk — among pundits and some senators, at least — of a ...
Obama raises California cash for Democrats
Making a down payment on his vow to go all in for Democrats in 2014, President Barack Obama courted well-heeled donors in California on a two-day ...
Corruption case reverberates from NYC to Albany
It's a case that smacks of small-time corruption, with allegations of cash payoffs in parked cars. But the charges a Democratic state senator schemed ...
Republican Sen. Rand Paul to speak in NH
Republican Sen. Rand Paul is set to appear in New Hampshire next month, becoming the first potential 2016 presidential candidate to deliver a formal ...
Sanford faces Colbert Busch in 'dream matchup'
It's a congressional race featuring political drama, big names and big money — everything that can make American politics so fascinating. The special ...
Can GOP win without Hispanics? Look at Arizona
On the political map of the Southwest, Arizona stands out. Most of its neighbors — California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada — are ...
Lawmaker accused of bribes in NYC mayor race plot
For the politically ambitious, running as a Republican is sometimes the best way a Democrat can increase his electoral odds in New York City's crowded ...
A rare Republican, Sen. Collins remains optimistic
She is alone in a political class facing extinction on Capitol Hill. Yet, GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine personifies the moderation that national ...
SC's ex-Gov. Sanford clears hurdle in comeback bid
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday cleared another hurdle in his bid for political redemption, defeating a former Charleston County ...
NY state sen. arrested in alleged mayor race plot
A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes ...
GOP Sen. Kirk announces support for gay marriage
GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Tuesday became the second sitting Republican senator to endorse gay marriage — a move that also could shift the ...
Arkansas' GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law
Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of ...
Rubio claims pivot point on immigration overhaul
Whatever immigration deal might be claimed by labor and business, or by Democrats and Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is serving notice it ...
Sen. Flake sees GOP contender backing gay marriage
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says it is "inevitable" that his party will see one of its own run for president while supporting gay marriage. The Arizona ...
The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'
As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors ...
Partisan discord finds roots in toss-up districts
Here in Cincinnati's suburbs, where people tend to be polite, one finds seeds of the bitter partisanship that gnaws at Washington, 500 miles away.
Hasty embrace for some lawmakers on gay marriage
As the Supreme Court considered two landmark cases on gay marriage this week, the flood of activity across the street in the Capitol was not lost on ...
GOP moves to plug technology gap with Democrats
Embarrassed by how the last presidential election exposed their yesteryear technology, Republicans are turning to a younger generation of tech-savvy ...
Lawmakers rush to catch up on gay marriage
For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up. In less than two weeks, seven senators — ...