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 ...
Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, ...
IRS probe ignored most influential groups
There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately ...
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 ...
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 ...
Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week ...
Lawmakers, White House discuss sexual assault
Congressional efforts to combat sexual assault in the military secured the support of the Obama administration as senior White House officials met ...
Most military sexual assault cases go unreported
They are young, often low-ranking service members out on the weekend in the late night and early morning hours. Sometimes they've been drinking.
Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive ...
Officials say threatened FAA towers to remain open
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has assured lawmakers the Obama administration will prevent the closure of 149 small airport towers as well as end ...
White House says it's open to fix on FAA furloughs
Under growing pressure, the Obama administration signaled Wednesday it might accept legislation eliminating Federal Aviation Administration furloughs ...
Reid: Democrats to ease cuts with war savings
Senate Republicans and Democrats gridlocked Tuesday over competing proposals to ease the impact of across-the-board spending cuts blamed for furloughs ...
Ricin scare at DC base is false alarm
A defense official says an investigation of a possible suspicious letter at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., has turned out to be a ...
Supporters: Don't link immigration bill to Boston
Democratic supporters of a new immigration bill accused opponents Monday of trying to "exploit" the Boston Marathon bombings to hold up the ...
Obama, victims' families overcome by gun owners
Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff ...
For gun control, now what? A look at the issue
The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress.
House passes pro-business cybersecurity bill
Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House ...
What now for gun control? A look at the issue
The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress.
Gun control backers: Senate defeat won't stop us
One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President ...
Gun control loses: No expanded background checks
Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, ...
Pressure cooker bombs suspected in Boston blast
Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out — with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ...
Letter to Miss. senator tests for ricin
An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, authorities said, heightening ...
Gun control bill clears its first hurdle in Senate
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under ...
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