President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system.

ONLY ON FOX - FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready's home in Ogunquit, Maine.  HEAR HIS

Declawing cats would be outlawed in Los Angeles under an ordinance given initial approval by the City Council.  A second vote is needed before it goes to the

House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the

President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment

President Barack Obama is calling a mass shooting at a Texas Army post a "horrific outburst of violence." He says he doesn't yet know all the details but

Buoyed by two major endorsements, House Democratic leaders on Thursday predicted swift passage of President Barack Obama's historic health overhaul initiative.

The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.

Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, announced that she will be seeking the Republican nomination in hopes of taking on Senator Barbara Boxer

The Senate has voted to give the jobless up to 20 weeks of additional unemployment benefits and significantly expand a tax credit program aimed at getting

NEW YORK (AP) — Voters nervous about the economy and fed up with the political establishment dominated the off-year elections, sending a strong message to

The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in

Voters across the Southern California went to the polls on Tueday to fill city council and school board seats and decided an array of measures on issues

Democrats retained control of a left-leaning Northern California congressional district Tuesday, electing a career politician who said he will side faithfully

In a blow to the White House, the Senate's top Democrat signaled Tuesday that Congress may fail to meet a year-end deadline for passing health care

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is giving Congress a vivid picture of the life she led as a child in a subjugated East Germany, saying she is thrilled to speak

Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in

A City Council committee has called for an ordinance that would outlaw the declawing of cats in Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday the public and private sectors must find more ways to create jobs to continue the nation's climb out of an

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last

President Barack Obama meets with his economic advisory board today as the administration hopes to ignite a strong recovery.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in this North African city early Sunday for a series of meetings with Arab leaders to discuss Middle

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledges the federal budget deficit is too high, but that the priorities now are economic growth and job creation.

A $300 million contract to build 100 new light rail passenger cars for Metro at a new factory in Los Angeles fell through on Saturday, when Metro's board would

What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are

Republicans have the answers to lower health costs and expanded coverage, not the Democrats hold power in Washington and are creating more problems as they

The Los Angeles City Council approved three separate labor deals that will save the city a combined total of $187.5 million this fiscal year.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has dropped his bid for California governor, saying he was unable to devote the time needed to run an effective campaign. Ed

More than 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, the White House said Friday, saying it is on track to

Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose

House democrats handed the president exactly what he wanted on Thursday, a health care package that includes a public option. But that just means we're one

A federal judge in Santa Ana dismissed a lawsuit challenging Barack Obama's presidency on the claim that he wasn't born in the United States. The judge ruled

An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says new health care legislation will make affordable, quality health care available to nearly all Americans and represents a

A political ad in the New Jersey governor's race has sparked a debate about whether a candidate's weight affects their chances of getting elected and how the

Democrats are struggling to bridge differences among their rank and file to push health overhaul legislation through Congress and fulfill President Barack

President Barack Obama says a $680 billion defense policy bill he signed into law proves that it's possible to change the business-as-usual atmosphere in

A lawmaker who heckled Governor Schwarzenegger during an event says he found a hidden veto message from the governor with a certain four-letter word followed

Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir "Going

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is giving a jolt to the futuristic "smart" electric grid, hoping to more quickly bring America's power transmission

Democratic moderates who control the balance of power on health care legislation balked Tuesday at a government-run insurance option for millions of Americans,

Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority

Time growing short, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate still face key decisions if they are to achieve President Barack Obama's goal of passing

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama travels to Florida to address men and women serving in the Navy and Marine Corps at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

A Senate plan to tackle global warming would add about $100 a year to the energy costs for a typical household, according to an analysis by the Environmental

Top lawmakers sparred Sunday over the timing of President Barack Obama's decision on how to move ahead in Afghanistan, with Republicans urging a quick move to

Republicans are asking voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system: "Will this improve your life?"

In defiance of threats by the city attorney, Los Angeles City Council members voted unanimously to give the owner of L.A. Live the last permit it needs to put up advertising signs

Democratic leaders in Congress pressed their rank-and-file to allow the government to sell health insurance in competition with private industry as they

President Barack Obama is making a campaign swing through New England today of behalf of Democratic candidates, while also making a stop to promote clean

Gays who are physically assaulted because of their sexual orientation receive new federal hate crime protections under legislation heading for President Barack

A House committee is expected to approve a bill today creating a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

President Barack Obama says the government's $700 billion financial bailout is shifting away from Wall Street giants and toward small businesses on Main

A Democratic drive to end the health insurance industry's exemption from antitrust laws is making headway.

The leader who prods his critics to put politics aside is doing anything but these days: President Barack Obama is campaigning for his party's future.

House Democrats have cut the cost of their health care bill from more than $1 trillion over 10 years to $871 billion over a decade.

Democrats are set to resume closed door negotiations today to finalize a health care reform bill with the aim of sending it to the full Senate this week.

President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are lending their political star power to an unlikely Democratic bid to win a special congressional

President Barack Obama pushed back against critics of his health care plan on Saturday with a stern warning that absent reform, costs will continue to rise and

In a new effort to engage the government of Sudan, U.S. officials say the White House will shift its policy toward Khartoum, but they warn that the violence

The artist who designed the famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster has admitted he didn't use the Associated Press photo he originally said his work was based on

El Monte's city manager was among 30 people arrested by Pomona police during a sting on prostitutes and their customers, according to El Monte officials.

Early estimates from congressional budget umpires show that House Democrats are close to President Barack Obama's $900 billion target for health care

Former President George H.W. Bush says President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Texas A&M is about community service, not politics.

Meghan McCain, the daughter of Ariz. Sen. John McCain and blogger for The Daily Beast, caused a stir Wednesday night after posting a mildly risque photo of

See if a singing President Obama has more influence on passing through his health care agenda.

When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate -- and perhaps more than one Republican -- will support legislation overhauling the nation's health

President Barack Obama is promising the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast that his administration "will not forget" them as they work to rebuild after

The state Senate sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would restore a chunk of the money for domestic violence shelters in California after the governor

Sen. Olympia Snowe, the only Republican to support the Finance Committee's health care bill, said Wednesday she could foresee a government-run plan that would

A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a

Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Barack Obama's top legislative

Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more. Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people who already have coverage

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is having trouble selling his latest act to California voters. A Field Poll released Tuesday finds the Republican governor with his

With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of

California DMV offices already closed three Fridays a month due to budget cuts had a different kind of disruption on Monday because of a difference of opinion over whether

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa expressed support for a plan to freeze hiring at the Police Academy for at least the rest of the year. The mayor had had previously

With the 2010 census looming, major U.S. cities whose residents are at high risk of being missed are struggling with a shortage of money and manpower to

Public hearings begin as state officials take comments on proposed routes for the southernmost leg of California's proposed high-speed train network, which will include new tracks

California will test requiring that drivers convicted of drunken driving install devices that block vehicles from starting if alcohol is detected on the

The Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Sunday a better strategy and a firm resolve to succeed in Afghanistan are more important

The chief justice of the California Supreme Court criticized the state's reliance on the referendum process Saturday, saying it has "rendered our state government dysfunctional."

Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, says he'd rather see gay rights supporters lobbying their elected officials than marching in Washington

Now that he's Nobel laureate Barack Obama, will he find smoother sailing for his plans to rid the world of nuclear weapons, to forge Mideast peace and

Congress is set to allow the Pentagon to keep new pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors from the public, a move intended to end a legal

Negotiations seeking to forge a water deal in California have ended for the night, despite Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's assurance that a deal would be struck by the end of the

If the committee gave the prize to Obama for what what they think he can do rather than what he's done... so what, if the result is real progress towards

The head of South Carolina's Department of Public Safety says Governor Mark Sanford's driver will get a ticket for speeding after all.

President Barack Obama was named the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. But many are mystified as to why he deserves the award.

President Barack Obama said Friday he was honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations

For one of America's youngest presidents, in office less than nine months -- and only for 12 days before the Nobel nomination deadline last February -- it was

The White House says President Barack Obama was woken up a little before 6 a.m. with the news that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The House has voted to significantly expand four-decades-old hate crimes law to protect those attacked because of their sexual orientation.

The National Rifle Association has produced an ad with a Sopranos like "wise guy" warning of political cronies wanting to take away Virginian's gun rights.
 

The Senate's top Democrat on Thursday accused Republicans of a strategy of "distortion, distractions and deception" on health care as he announced a pivotal

House Republicans have failed for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.

Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday that he complied with Senate ethics rules and the law when he arranged a "soft landing" as a lobbyist for his former chief of

D.C.'s so-called 'Mayor for Life' is back in the hospital, and his spokesperson said late Tuesday afternoon that he had been moved to the medical intensive