WASHINGTON: In the year’s first test of divided government, give the first round to Nancy Pelosi. And it wasn’t really competitive. When the record 35-day...
WASHINGTON: It’s of little worry for Republicans or solace for Democrats bracing for battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill the Supreme Court...
WASHINGTON: Republicans and Democrats competed to make immigration an election-year issue on their own terms as the GOP pushed symbolic legislation through...
WASHINGTON: Some say it’s a fight between West and South. Or who might win an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Or a test of who can woo conservatives....
WASHINGTON: The Senate will open up a rare, open-ended debate on immigration and the fate of the “Dreamer” immigrants Monday. But the most influential voice...
ORLANDO, Fla.: Clasping the $4,000 check that Orlando area real estate agents handed him, Rep. John Mica stood in the F&D Cantina restaurant and described his...
WASHINGTON: From Minnesota to the San Diego suburbs, Democrats are throwing millions of dollars into TV ads tethering House Republican candidates to Donald...
CLEVELAND: In their opening faceoff at the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump’s campaign and party leaders seem poised to defeat GOP renegades...
WASHINGTON: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley used the formal Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday to try...
WASHINGTON: Janet Yellen will take the helm of a Federal Reserve facing a significantly different economic landscape than the one that dominated Ben...
WASHINGTON: The man who led the U.S. tax collection agency when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt...
WASHINGTON: A woman whose Chicago police officer brother was fatally shot in 2010 says it's time for Congress to pass laws keeping guns from criminals....
WASHINGTON: A brewing and potentially bitter fight over Democratic efforts to curb procedural rules allowing a minority to block votes on legislation is...
WASHINGTON: Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation...