Politics

Republican Jolly wins Fla. congressional race
Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got ...
Despite scandal, DC mayor makes pitch for 2nd term
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray pressed ahead Tuesday with his re-election bid but acknowledged he took a political hit from allegations that ...
Obama, Clinton circles overlap in Dem fundraising
Melding 2014 needs with 2016 hopes, President Barack Obama teamed up Tuesday with an ally and fundraiser of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ...
Federal jury convicts former Arkansas treasurer
A jury convicted former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner of federal bribery and extortion charges Tuesday, saying her acceptance of $36,000 from a ...
Questions and answers about GM recall
General Motors' executives and government regulators will soon have to explain to Congress why it took years to recall 1.6 million compact cars with ...
CIA accused: Senator sees torture probe meddling
In an extraordinary public accusation, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee declared on Tuesday that the CIA interfered with and then tried ...
A look at Senate's CIA interrogation report
The Senate report at the center of the heated public dispute between Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and the CIA is a ...
Key dates in dispute between the CIA and Senate
Senators accuse the CIA of spying on their work. The CIA accuses a Senate panel of stealing its documents. It's "a defining moment" that will ...
Judge's decision is latest twist in Army sex case
The trial of an Army general accused of sexual assault moved into uncharted legal territory Tuesday when the judge dismissed the jury to allow the ...
Navy admiral relays concerns about NSA changes
If the U.S. government turns over the bulk collection of telephone data to an independent third party, higher costs and delays in identifying ...
Former Christie aides seek to quash subpoenas
It's now up to a judge whether two key figures in a political payback scandal ensnaring Gov. Chris Christie's administration will have to turn over ...
US House committee investigating GM recall
A congressional committee is investigating the way General Motors and a federal safety agency handled a deadly ignition switch problem in compact cars
Judge's order preserves NSA surveillance records
A federal judge in San Francisco stopped the destruction of millions of telephone records collected by the National Security Agency more than five ...
States wrestle with developing, restricting drones
Law enforcement, government agencies and others are itching to use drones for everything from finding lost hikers to tracking shifting wildfires.
Now it's the Dems talking all night, about climate
It's a lot of hot air about a lot of hot air. Democrats took to the Senate floor Monday night to talk about global warming and planned not to let up ...
Feds: DC mayor knew of illegal 'shadow campaign'
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray knew about an off-the-books "shadow campaign" to support his 2010 bid for the office and personally requested ...
Judge withholds ruling in Arkansas treasurer case
A federal judge on Monday withheld ruling on a motion by defense lawyers to throw out a corruption case against former Arkansas treasurer Martha ...
Hoping to isolate Russia, US woos China on Ukraine
The Obama administration is stepping up its attempts to court China's support for isolating Russia over its military intervention in Ukraine.
Colorado collects $2M in recreational pot taxes
Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world's first accounting of the ...
Senate OKs bill to combat military sexual assault
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill late Monday making big changes in the military justice system to deal with sexual assault, including ...
General's court-martial is thrown into jeopardy
The sexual assault case against an Army general was thrown into jeopardy Monday when the judge said the military may have improperly pressed ahead ...
DC mayor says claims in court are 'absolute lies'
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray is denying accusations by federal prosecutors that he was aware of an off-the-books "shadow campaign" during ...
Sharpton leads march over 'stand your ground' law
The Rev. Al Sharpton led hundreds of people on a march Monday to the state Capitol, where they rallied against Florida's "stand your ground" law.