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Kyl: Reports of GOP demise greatly exaggerated
Former Republican Sen. Jon Kyl said Monday the GOP is "very much alive," arguing its losses in the November elections had more to do with flubs by the candidates than a popular rejection of the party's policies.
Lawmakers go to the mat for Olympic wrestling
Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is touting bipartisan efforts to keep wrestling as an Olympic sport.
Democrats robocalling against GOP state senators in Pennsylvania over Electoral College plan
The Democratic National Committee is paying for robocalls targeting 10 Republican state senators in Pennsylvania over a GOP plan to change the way that the state awards electoral votes in presidential elections.
Rand Paul is right: Majority of Americans agree drone strikes against citizens is a bad idea, poll
Sen. Rand Paul isn't the only one opposed to drone strikes on U.S. soil.
Obama to swear in new citizens, push for immigration reform
President Obama will use a naturalization ceremony Monday to prod Congress to introduce an immigration reform bill as soon as possible, a White House official said.
CBS: 'We want to apologize to veterans...'
A week ago, CBS broadcast an episode of "The Amazing Race" that used an unwise prop: a B-52 that had been shot down over Vietnam in 1972. This week's show opened with an apology.
N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg: 'I think I have a responsibility ... to try to make this country safer'
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who recently announced a $12 million, 13-state advertising blitz to push U.S. senators on gun legislation, says that he has "a responsibility" to try to make the country safer.
John Hickenlooper: 'I was caught in a nightmare that I couldn't wake up from'
On the day before Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three tough gun-control measures into law, Tom Clements, the chief of the Colorado prison system, was shot to death, and it was later discovered that Mr. Hickenlooper was good friends with the father of a suspect.
CBS: the Clueless Broadcasting Network for dishonoring Vietnam vets
The 2.4 million-member American Legion is mighty vexed with one CBS reality TV show for using the wreckage of a B-52 shot down in Vietnam - as a prop.
President tours Petra, wraps up trip to Jordan
President Obama ended his 24-hour trip to Jordan with a leisurely tour of Petra, a visually stunning ancient city made of stone-cut red rock that was inhabited by the Nabataeans more than 2000 years ago.
Cruz follows up Palin's jab at Bloomberg soda ban with the 'Big Gulp Amendment'
Sarah Palin speech at CPAC, in which she used a Big Gulp as a prop to mock NYC's Mayor Bloomberg and his soda regulations, went over well with the crowd. Now, Texas Senator Cruz is following suite; he proposed a "Big Gulp Amendment" to limit the federal government's ability to enact similar legislation.
Senate backs change to Obamacare funding quirk
The Senate approved a budget amendment on Friday to eliminate a provision in President Obama's health care law that shifts money from some states to places like Massachusetts because of a quirk in how Medicare reimbursements are calculated.
Obama gives up on U.S. appeals court pick
President Obama Friday withdrew the nomination of Caitlin Halligan, two weeks after Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block her from becoming a federal appeals court judge.
Obama arrives in Jordan, meets with King Abdullah II and his son
President Obama arrived in Amman, Jordan, Friday evening where he was greeted by King Abdullah II and his son, Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah.
Obama helps broker Israel-Turkey exchange over flotilla deaths
In a phone call arranged with help from President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Turkey Friday for the deaths of its citizens during a 2010 raid on a Gaza flotilla.
Texas school officials: state curriculum had nothing to do with controversial 9/11 quiz
"When did it become okay to teach our children that the United States is to blame for the September 11th terrorist attacks?" asks Kara Sands, whose son took a quiz suggesting just that, following a classroom video on 9/11.
Obama retweets image of John Lennon's bloody glasses
More than 30 years later after John Lennon was shot and killed in New York, President Obama used his official Twitter account to link the shooting to the ongoing gun-control debate by retweeting a photo of the blood-stained glasses Lennon wore when he died.
Sandstorm in Israel forces Obama to scurry back to motorcade
A violent sandstorm that kicked up in Jerusalem on the last day of Mr. Obama's trip grounded President Obama's helicopter Friday, making it unsafe for Mr. Obama to fly to Palestinian-controlled Bethlehem.
Paul, Rubio join GOP push on school-choice bill
A coalition of Republican senators, including rising stars such as Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida, have joined forces to push a school voucher bill that's sure to draw fierce opposition from the White House and congressional Democrats.
Rep. Levin: GOP 'extremism' halting budget process
The top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee blames the budget impasse on a "radicalized" Republican Party that refuses to compromise.
