WASHINGTON: A huge question hanging over Washington is whether investigations into U.S. President Donald Trump will prompt the U.S. Congress to try to remove...
WASHINGTON: Republicans in Congress are planning a light legislative agenda as they return from their long summer break Tuesday, a strategy some say is...
WASHINGTON: Democrats pushing for gun curbs after the latest mass shooting in the United States are co-opting a Republican mantra to build public support and...
A battle over implementation of the Iran nuclear deal erupted on the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday as Democrats maneuvered to block a Republican amendment...
WASHINGTON: A Supreme Court nomination battle that was ignited Saturday with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has given Democrats an explosive new issue...
WASHINGTON: The White House and congressional leaders reached a two-year budget deal overnight to lift mandatory spending caps on defense and domestic...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's quest for a Pacific Rim trade deal to strengthen U.S. ties with Asia advanced Tuesday, with the Senate moving toward a...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives averted a government shutdown Thursday, narrowly passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill despite strenuous...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. congressional investigation into General Motors Co. automobile defects will bring aggressive scrutiny to a company with powerful lobbying...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget deal Wednesday to ease automatic spending cuts and reduce the risk of a government shutdown, but fights...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate approved a deal on Wednesday to end a political crisis that partially shut down the federal government and brought the world's...
WASHINGTON: Republicans in the House of Representatives offered a plan on Thursday that would postpone a possible U.S. default and urged President Barack...
WASHINGTON: As the U.S. government moved into the second week of a shutdown Monday with no end in sight, a deadlocked Congress also confronted an Oct. 17...
The U.S. government shutdown prompted growing concern of wider economic consequences when it stretched into a third day on Thursday, and President Barack...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Capitol was briefly locked down on Thursday after gunshots were fired outside the building following a car chase across central...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama scrapped part of a long-planned trip to Asia and planned to meet with congressional leaders on Wednesday as a U.S....
WASHINGTON: A 10-year, $4.6 trillion balanced budget proposal unveiled by Republicans on Tuesday could either be shelved within weeks or help jump-start...
WASHINGTON: It began so optimistically. On Nov. 16, after their first "fiscal cliff" session with President Barack Obama, the four leaders of...
WASHINGTON: In the wake of bruising fights in their own ranks over the "fiscal cliff" and aid for victims of superstorm Sandy - Republicans in the U.S. House...
WASHINGTON: Now that House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" for addressing the "fiscal cliff" has crashed and burned, the top U.S....
WASHINGTON: Republicans in the U.S. Congress pushed ahead on Thursday with a "fiscal cliff" plan that stands no chance of becoming law as time runs...
WASHINGTON: Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused U.S. President Barack Obama of pushing the country toward the "fiscal cliff" on Friday and...
WASHINGTON: Efforts to avert the "fiscal cliff" began in earnest on Friday as President Barack Obama met with top U.S. lawmakers to seek a deal to head off...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Congress fell to new depths of public disapproval in the past two years, yet no big shake-up of the Senate or House of Representatives is...
NEW YORK: With Republican Mitt Romney on the verge of choosing a vice presidential running mate, conservatives have mounted a concerted campaign to boost the...