House immigration group reaches a deal
A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of ...
Another round for the House on 'Obamacare'
One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well ...
Subpoena of AP records revives media shield bill
The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from ...
Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied
President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred ...
Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security
President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly ...
Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force
Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how ...
Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief
Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts ...
Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals ...
House advances student loan fix
The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that would link rates to ...
Deep divide in Congress over domestic food aid
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm ...
INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration
To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is ...
EPA nominee advances without GOP support
President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican ...
Senate panel backs Perez to head Labor Dept.
A Senate panel has endorsed the nomination of Justice Department official Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department despite opposition from ...
House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts
The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel ...
A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right
A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before ...
Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points
Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post ...
Obama tries to regain control amid controversies
Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top ...
IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting
Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an ...
Ex-SC Gov. Sanford reclaims House seat in comeback
Republican Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor whose extramarital affair derailed his political career, returned to Congress on Wednesday ...
Tenn. senator: Sale idea cost TVA $500 million
Sen. Lamar Alexander says President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of ...
Senate confirms former nurse to run Medicare
A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare ...
Holder defends Perez's tenure at Justice Dept.
Attorney General Eric Holder and a leading House Republican clashed Wednesday over the Justice Department's refusal to turn over the private emails ...
GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP
Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the ...
House panel boosts veterans spending
With no broader budget deal in sight, a key House panel responsible for implementing sweeping cuts to agency budgets moved Wednesday to exempt ...
Correction: Immigration story
In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S
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