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Gabriel Gomez confident despite lagging in polls for Mass. Senate seat
Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez said he's headed for victory in Tuesday's special election to fill Secretary of State John F. Kerry's vacated Senate seat from Massachusetts, despite recent polls showing he trails his Democratic rival by a significant margin.
Biden: Senators looking to change gun votes
Vice President Joseph R. Biden told the nation's mayors at a conference in Las Vegas that "at least five" senators have called him saying they want to find a way to change their votes on legislation to expand gun-purchase background checks that stalled in the Senate in April.
Drug maker preps to make morning-after pill to all ages
The drug firm at the heart of a legal fight over access to emergency contraception said Friday it got the green light to offer its one-pill product to customers of all ages, who will not need a prescription or identification to purchase it.
Rep. Peter King: Defeat of farm bill was predictable
A Republican congressman said Friday he voted against a pivotal, GOP-led amendment to the farm bill because he feared it would kill the whole bill.
Obama names Atkinson as economic aide
President Obama on Friday appointed Caroline Atkinson to be his new deputy national security adviser for international economics.
'Incompetent' and 'liar' among most frequently used words to describe the president: Pew Research Center
One gauge of a president's favorability is the assorted descriptors the public volunteers to a pollster about the leader of the Free World. The Pew Research Center has tracked the assorted description of President Obama over the years.
Markey up big in Mass. Senate fight, new poll shows
Just days before the Massachusetts special election for the Senate seat of now-Secretary of State John Kerry, Democratic Rep. Ed Markey has a 20-point lead over Republican former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez, according to a new UMass Lowell-Boston Herald poll.
House GOP call for Holder to resign picks up steam in June
A bill introduced in January by Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona Republican, calling for the resignation of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has attracted scores of GOP co-sponsors in recent weeks in the wake of revelations that the Justice Department has tracked the phone records of reporters from the Associated Press and Fox News.
Arizona law shines light on hospital prices, mirrors nationwide debate
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed legislation that requires physicians and hospitals to make public the price of their most commonly provided services.
Maine Meltdown: Gov. Paul LePage cites 'vaseline' during lewd, TV tirade
In heated remarks about Maine's state budget, Gov. Paul LePage opted to provide a somewhat lewd analogy this week.
State Dept. releases Benghazi photos from Sept. 11 terror attack
The State Department on Thursday released a cache of seven photographs depicting the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.
The Wimpy principle: Cruz sees border security later 'for amnesty today'
Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted Thursday that the immigration bill is like Popeye's friend who used to promise a dollar later for a hamburger now.
Nyet: Boehner denounces 'Soviet' dairy program as House weighs farm bill
The House on Thursday heeded Speaker John A. Boehner's plea to overhaul what he called the "Soviet style" dairy programs that could restrict American farmers' production of milk.
Sen. Claire McCaskill: Hillary Clinton called me after I announced my support
Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, said Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called her after Mrs. McCaskill threw her support behind the idea of Mrs. Clinton's running for president in 2016 earlier this week.
Gun control: Good for law-abiding Americans, bad for the 'insane,' Manchin says
Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, said Thursday he is "wide open" to helping accommodate senators wary about his efforts to pass gun-purchase background check legislation, but that he's not going to create any holes.
Public split on approval of U.S. Supreme Court: poll
About a year after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered one of its most important opinions in modern history in upholding President Obama's heath care overhaul, new numbers from a CNN/ORC poll says the public is evenly divided on the court's job approval.
Cruz control: Texans would elect Ted Cruz as their president over Chris Christie, Rick Perry
Sen. Ted Cruz continues to captivate voters in the Lone Star State, who see White House potential in the Texas Republican. Mr. Cruz is the favorite in a University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll of potential presidential candidates with 25 percent of the vote, besting Sens. Rand Paul and Marco Rubio and Govs. Rick Perry and Chris Christie of New Jersey.
Sean Hannity turns on immigration deal
Talk-show host Sean Hannity, who made waves after the election by saying he was open to legalizing illegal immigrants, changed course Wednesday, saying that Sen. Marco Rubio and fellow Republicans who negotiated the Senate legalization bill got duped by Democrats.
Sen. Harry Reid: D.C. deserves statehood
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he supports granting statehood to Washington, saying that the capital city has earned the right to have full independence and representation in Congress.
59 percent support women entering would-be draft, poll says
As the Pentagon unveiled plans to reverse a ban on women serving on the front lines, a poll released Wednesday found that most registered voters believe women should be eligible for a military draft if one is reinstituted.
