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Immigration debate clears procedural Senate hurdle
In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as ...
NYC bomb plot details settle little in NSA debate
The Obama administration declassified a handful of details Tuesday that credited its PRISM Internet spying program with intercepting a key email that ...
Dems pouring money, Obama into Mass. Senate race
Fearful of another surprise Republican victory, Democrats are pouring money into the Massachusetts Senate race to succeed John Kerry and dispatching ...
New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89
The next time a flight attendant reminds you there's no smoking or you witness a teenager getting carded at a liquor store, think of Frank Lautenberg.
Partisan showdown looms over DC circuit nominees
A partisan showdown is looming over what is known as the nation's second-highest court, with President Barack Obama poised to nominate as many as ...
Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill
A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the ...
Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system
The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in ...
Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation ...
AP CEO calls records seizure 'unconstitutional'
The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a ...
Obama walking a familiar path on IRS allegations
The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused ...
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 ...
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 ...
Senate panel approves massive farm bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for ...
IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups
The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for what it acknowledges was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 ...
Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'
Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul ...
White House: Wrong for IRS to target tea party
The White House says it was inappropriate for the Internal Revenue Service to target tea party groups for additional reviews during last year's ...
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed ...
GOP boycotts health care advisory board
House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board ...
Justice Dept. appeals recess case to Supreme Court
The Obama administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that found the president's recess appointments ...
Obama: Boston capture closes chapter in tragedy
President Barack Obama declared Friday night that the capture of a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings "closed an important chapter in this ...
Liberal Ky. group tied to secret McConnell tape
A liberal political fundraising group in Kentucky is being tied to a secret recording of a campaign meeting held by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in which ...
Senate endorses Sally Jewell for interior chief
Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won easy Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the nation's next interior secretary.
Obama's budget straddle
President Barack Obama's first budget of his new term is a political straddle, aimed at enticing Republicans into a new round of deficit negotiations ...
FBI probes recording of McConnell hardball talks
Campaign aides to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell proposed using actress Ashley Judd's past bouts with depression against her if she had ...