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Four service members were killed in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the same day the Obama administration announced it hopes to jumpstart peace talks with the country’s Taliban insurgency. The U.S.-led coalition issued a statement early Wednesday saying the…

President Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday.

The Democrat, Edward J. Markey, accuses the Republican, Gabriel Gomez, of shading the truth about his discussions with Senator John McCain and term limits.     

There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.

Politicians warned of being 'on wrong side of history' as anger swells about state of nation and World Cup extravagance As demonstrations continued in Brazil for another night, President Dilma Rousseff attempted to co-ordinate a government response among…

When big bridges collapse they make news, but it generally escapes notice when decrepit bridges just cause prices to go up on almost anything that gets to the store by truck. The sorry condition of U.S. bridges warrants a headline this week because a leading…

A recall petition against a Colorado lawmaker who supported gun rights was deemed sufficient Tuesday, setting up the first potential recall of a state lawmaker in Colorado history.

A Republican-controlled House committee has approved a tough, enforcement-focused immigration bill that would boost criminal penalties against anyone in the U.S. illegally.

Report by Rolling Stone reporter brought down Stanley McChrystal, who was the top US general in Afghanistan The award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings – who wrote a Rolling Stone story that brought down a top US general – has died…

The House may not be able to finish work on the farm bill by Thursday as leaders of the Agriculture Committee had hoped before debate on the massive measure began Tuesday, largely because of a pileup of amendments that could require as many as 50 roll-call…

For all of his effort to cultivate personal ties with foreign counterparts over the last four and a half years, President Obama has complicated relationships with some, and has bet on others who came to disappoint him.     

Most Americans say illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the country, but the public divides evenly on whether citizenship should be linked to stiff progress in securing the border, as many Senate Republicans are demanding, the latest United…

Fewer than half of Americans think the Homeland Security Department should be responsible for determining if the country’s borders are secure, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, indicating a small…

Ben S. Bernanke faces the growing challenge of shaping investor expectations amid increasing signs that his era as Federal Reserve chairman is ending.     

Act would jail doctors for up to five years for abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy but is unlikely to become law The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday night that would jail doctors for up to five years if they performed an abortion on a…

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Republican underdog fighting for Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat in a Tuesday debate attacked his rival, a veteran Democratic congressman, over recently revealed programs in which federal agencies track Americans' use of phones and…

Washington (CNN) - Roughly half of all Americans now think the White House was behind the Internal Revenue Service decision to target conservative political groups - a growing belief at odds with information recently provided to CNN by congressional…

Mortgage rates have spiked over the past few weeks, rising at the fastest pace since 2010, sparking fears that the housing market could weaken and undermine the country’s economic recovery. In the short term, the jump in interest rates is spurring home…

(CNN) – The final debate showdown Tuesday between Massachusetts rivals Gabriel Gomez and Rep. Ed Markey was peppered with stinging attacks from the candidates, whose race for U.S. Senate culminates in one week. The wide-ranging forum veered from each…

Rolling report: Will the San Antonio Spurs clinch a fifth championship or will the Miami Heat force a NBA Finals Game Seven? Find out live with Hunter Felt Hunter Felt     

Michael Hastings, a contributor to Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed, died on Tuesday morning in a car crash in Los Angeles at the unforgivably young age of 33. He is best known, rightly, for his 2010 Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who as commander…

In November 2008, Abid Naseer, a Pakistani student living in Manchester, England, began to e-mail a Yahoo account that was ultimately traced back to his home country. The young man’s e-mails appeared be about young women — Nadia, Huma, Gulnaz and Fozia —…

WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States and the Taliban raised hopes on Tuesday for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with commitments to meet this week after 12 years of bloody and costly war between American-led forces and the insurgents.

Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that he will adhere to the “Hastert Rule” on immigration reform.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system got a boost on Tuesday when the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that the measure would cut federal budget deficits and boost the U.S. economy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying…

The legislation is one of the most far-reaching abortion bills in decades and follows last month's murder convictions of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. The bill, which would ban nearly all abortions starting 20 weeks after fertilization, is…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would ban late-term abortions, a move that could alienate women from the conservative party.

Rep. Edward Markey has leaned on nearly every big-name Democrat to help him cement a win.

Distilled to a slogan, politics of late goes something like this: “I’m more fertile than you are.” It seems fecundity is emerging as the best argument for public office, policy or even citizenship. What was once an unconscious appraisal — Is this…

    

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted this evening to pass legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks, except in what Democrats assailed as “narrow” cases of incest of a minor, rape, and health of the mother, prompting a partisan debate on the…

A recall is targeting state Senate President John Morse for leading effort to pass gun control laws that conservatives oppose

The House of Representatives approved a bill that would ban abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy in a largely symbolic vote.     

Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Alaska Tuesday, ensuring there will be a Republican primary in the race to run against Sen. Mark Begich, a Democrat.     

The House approved legislation Tuesday that would ban abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy, the most sweeping abortion restriction to pass any chamber of Congress in a decade. The vote was 228 to 196. Read full article >>     

Female candidates will also be able to join front-line Army and Marine Corps infantry units as part of the  decision.

Washington (CNN) - The House of Representatives Tuesday passed a GOP-sponsored bill banning so- called "late term abortions" - procedures for women who are beyond 22 weeks into their pregnancy. The vote was 228-196, mostly along party lines. The bill’s…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not committed to a run for president in 2016 but on Tuesday she picked up an endorsement from Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who announced she is supporting a group encouraging…

A bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with 228 members voting for it and 196 members voting against it. The bill will now go to the Senate, where it is not expected to pass. Read full…