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Dem, GOP senators work on background check deal
Senate aides say a Democratic and a Republican senator are working on a compromise expanding required federal background checks to gun shows and to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ukraine parliament session seized by ruling party
Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday held two competing parliament sessions after pro-government legislators stormed out of the official parliament hall ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US
Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul ...
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 ...
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 — ...
Obama: 'Shame on us' if Newtown is forgotten
President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to remember the children gunned down in America and not "get squishy" in the face of powerful forces ...
Obama, GOP senators plan a second dinner
President Barack Obama is keeping up his congressional charm offensive, with a second dinner with Senate Republicans planned for next month.
Ex-Florida GOP chair gets 1½ years for stealing
The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida was sentenced Wednesday to one-and-a-half years in prison for stealing $125,000 in party funds, ...
GOP ponders long list of names, policies, for 2016
Republicans' search for a way back to presidential success is drawing a striking array of personalities and policy options, creating a wide-open ...
Rove sees potential support for gay marriage
GOP strategist Karl Rove says he can imagine a Republican candidate in the next presidential campaign supporting gay marriage. The statement from the ...
GOP's 'no' on Medicaid becomes "Let's make a deal'
Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially ...
Senate Democratic budget extends standoff with GOP
An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax ...
Late night: Senate Democrats work to pass budget
The Senate labored into the wee hours Saturday as Democrats pushed their first budget in four years toward passage, calling for almost $1 trillion in ...
Obama withdraws appeals court pick
President Barack Obama withdrew his nomination of Caitlin Halligan to a federal appeals court Friday, handing a victory to Republicans in the Senate ...