A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments

Los Angeles has issued its first pink slip as it prepares to cut up to 4,000 jobs to close a yawning budget gap. The curator of the Point Fermin Lighthouse in

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Controller Wendy Greuel ordered a citywide spending freeze, barring department heads from dipping into the city's general fund

Lawmakers and law enforcement officials from Southern California are touting proposed legislation that would prohibit registered sex offenders from social

Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric

Rep. Eric Massa used his final hours in office to settle scores with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and other

Seeking to add fresh urgency to his drive for a health care overhaul, President Barack Obama took insurance companies to task Monday, saying rising premiums

A new book claims U.S. President Barack Obama once confided to adviser Valerie Jarrett that he thought Republican strategist Karl Rove hated him, Fox News

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is no stranger to California politics. He is former two-term governor, secretary of state, and mayor of Oakland and not

A congressman who has played a key role in the long-running health care debate says he and 11 other Democrats will vote against the overhaul unless a provision

While Jerry Brown is the lone Democrat running in the California governor's race, Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman are duking it out to represent the Republican

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met Wednesday with leaders of California's colleges and universities to discuss budget cuts that have left higher education in

A plan to eliminate 4,000 municipal jobs in Los Angeles may not save as much money as intended because of delays in its implementation, according to city

Rep. Charles Rangel announced Wednesday he will temporarily step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, saying he didn't want his

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) said Wednesday he was temporarily stepping aside as the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

The Senate late Tuesday passed a $10 billion emergency measure extending unemployment benefits - ending a procedural block by a Republican senator that had

President Obama planned to tell Republicans on Wednesday that he was ready to ram through health care legislation without any of their votes if they refused to

The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking the California Supreme Court to decide whether he has the authority to furlough state workers.

A day before he outlines his strategy to secure health care legislation, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to consider at least four

Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky), a Baseball Hall of Famer, got into an argument Monday with an ABC News reporter who tried to corner him in an elevator, with

President Obama unveiled his HOMESTAR program Tuesday, a plan that would provide rebates of up to $3,000 to U.S. homeowners who make their homes more energy

President Obama’s loves of cheeseburgers, fries and pie was put on full display at Monday’s White House briefing as reporters relished their first chance to

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday President Obama will soon propose a health care bill that will be "much smaller" than the House bill but "big

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's weeklong, five-nation tour of Latin America is certain to focus on the earthquake in Chile while she also tries to

State Attorney General Jerry Brown says Californians should stay tuned for news about his presumed bid for governor.

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers will step down next month, the Chicago Sun Times reported Friday.
 

New York Gov. David Paterson has decided not to seek election to a full term amid a roiling scandal over whether he and his troopers intimidated a woman who'd

American voters are sharply divided over whether Congress should pass health care reform, though more say they want lawmakers to “do nothing” on the issue,

President Barack Obama has upbraided Sen. John McCain for resorting to political "talking points" at a summit Obama organized to resolve fights over a health

Could President Barack Obama use the basketball court to avenge a Democrat's loss in a key Senate race?

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, a former Silicon Valley businessman who entered politics eight years ago and now he wants to be our next

Former Congressman Tom Campbell sits down with GDLA and shares why he wants to be California's next Senator.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner said Tuesday he is set to launch an aggressive television advertising campaign to counter months of

A Los Angeles County Flood Control District official expressed "shock" at fines against the district for allegedly allowing pollution to flow into Marina del

Standard & Poor's has downgraded Los Angeles' credit rating as the city struggles to close a $200-million budget shortfall.

Trying to revive languishing health-care legislation, the White House proposed Monday that a tax on high-end health plans be delayed for all workers, not just

Coming soon to daytime television: America's long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.

President Obama was working on health care legislation intended to reconcile differences between House and Senate Democrats that could be attached to a budget

Grappling with a growing budget deficit and an endangered credit rating, a divided Los Angeles City Council voted to eliminate 4,000 municipal jobs by July 1.

President Barack Obama on Thursday offered support for Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his Himalayan homeland, defying Chinese anger by meeting the

Now that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) is officially ceding his seat, some Democrats hoped to boost another prominent Hoosier to the Senate, singer John

Sporting alligator-skin cowboy boots and a bright red campaign cap, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, a flamboyant Los Angeles socialite and eighth husband of Zsa

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's family on Tuesday said the creators of American animated show "Family Guy" were "heartless jerks," after the

Mitt Romney, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts and 2008 presidential candidate, was physically threatened by a passenger on an Air Canada flight

Barbara Boxer may have a tough re-election fight on her hands. A new survey puts the California Senator barely ahead of the three Republicans who want her job.

Defying the mayor, the City Council voted unanimously today to spend $1 million of its discretionary funds on local projects instead of putting the money into

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will re-nominate his failed pick for lieutenant governor rather than face a costly legal battle against the Legislature.

Calling all job-seekers: President Barack Obama is looking for an official Twitterer.
 

Senate Democrats are proposing a new, stripped-down version of a jobs bill they hope will still get support from both Republicans and Democrats.
 

A week after ordering the layoffs of 1,000 city employees, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa warned that he may eliminate additional positions and

Former President Bill Clinton had two stents inserted in one of his heart arteries after being hospitalized with chest pains, an adviser said Thursday.

Rep. Diane Watson, D-Los Angeles, announced that she will not seek re-election to the congressional seat she has held since 2001. Watch the announcement and

The mistress of former presidential hopeful John Edwards would "get extremely upset and threaten to go public" whenever he discussed his love for his wife

Charlie Wilson, the former congressman from Texas whose funding of Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie "Charlie Wilson's

A spokesman for John Edwards on Wednesday denied a report that the disgraced former presidential candidate proposed to the mother of his baby and plans to buy

There seems to be a cell phone application for everything nowadays. When it comes to choosing political candidates, however, a smartphone application may not

Many of us don't know the the difference between vitamins D, C and B, but knowing about your vitamins may be a matter of life and death.

Underscoring the depth and urgency of Los Angeles' budget crisis, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday implored the City Council to take immediate steps to

President Barack Obama said Tuesday U.S. policy makers should be able to reach a bipartisan consensus on high-profile issues such as health care and energy,

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mocked Sarah Palin’s much publicized use of notes written on her hands at the daily White House press briefing

A billboard featuring a picture of former U.S. president George W. Bush and the tagline 'Miss me yet?' left residents of Minnesota wondering what it meant and

President Obama held a meeting at the White House Tuesday with Democrat and Republican congressional leaders, saying that he wanted Congress to work together

A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was

The Obama administration was expected to unveil a new plan this week to bring healthier school lunches to children across the U.S.

Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea

Tea Party organizers will Friday propose the closest thing yet to a national organizing strategy for the upcoming 2010 midterm elections at a press conference

Republican Scott Brown is poised to take his Senate seat a week earlier than he planned, ending the Democrats' supermajority in just enough time to block

President Barack Obama said Thursday he prays lawmakers can restore a "spirit of civility" to the nation's capital.

For the first time, government programs next year will account for more than half of all U.S. health care spending, federal actuaries predict, as the weak

 “Game Change” authors, Time Magazine editor Mark Halperin and New York Magazine Columnist John Heilemann used their unrivaled access to pull back the curtain

The first National Tea Party Convention is slated for the end of this week, but several big names and events have cancelled after questions rose about the high

Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin posted a note on her Facebook page late Monday calling for President Obama

Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), 77, is in intensive care in a hospital near Washington D.C. after undergoing gall bladder surgery last week, Politico reported

President Barack Obama is promoting an idea to free up more cash for smaller businesses that are hurting in the economic downturn.

Concert tickets to Billy Joel, a taping of the "The George Lopez Show," hotel stays and expensive meals are among the gifts that 31 California lawmakers

The Republican National Committee has narrowed its list of potential cities to host the 2012 Republican National Convention down to three final contenders, Fox

President Barack Obama proposed Monday a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 that will add fuel to the debate over the size and scope of government. The plan

President Barack Obama Friday chided Republicans for portraying his health reform plan as a "Bolshevik plot" and for saying he wanted to do "crazy stuff that

Two conservative lawmakers have backed out of speaking engagements at next week's National Tea Party Convention, the latest trouble for the gathering of tea

President Barack Obama is taking another swing at offering tax credits to companies that hire new workers, a plan that drew a cool reception from Congress last

In his first State of the Union, President Barack Obama laid out his vision for his country in a speech that focused primarily on the economy and the bitter

Republicans late Wednesday hit back at Barack Obama following his first State of the Union speech, saying the U.S. President's call for a three-year freeze on

Declaring "I don't quit,"' an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) on Wednesday will give the first live response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech via Facebook.

Congressional leaders are taking health care legislation off the fast track as rank-and-file Democrats, wary of unhappy midterm election voters, look to

A Santa Clarita councilman was under fire at a council meeting Tuesday night for comments he made at a Minutemen rally. Several immigrant rights advocates are

The Senate has rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the deficit this year.

President Barack Obama offered help for people struggling to pay bills and care for their families, appealing to a middle-class he says has been "under assault

Former presidential candidate John Edwards made a graphic sex tape with his mistress, according to a report.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs previewed President Obama's State of the Union Address, to be delivered Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET, in which the president

President Obama vowed not to walk away from health care reform Friday, but conceded the process to get the legislation passed had "run into a bit of a buzz

Facing a potentially disastrous political shift, President Barack Obama tried Thursday to begin resetting his wounded presidency with a one-two-three populist

Though reeling from a political body blow, House Democrats rejected the quickest fix to their health care dilemma Thursday and signaled that any agreement on

A key legislative committee in California revived a bill Thursday to create a government-run health care system in the nation's most populous state, two days

President Barack Obama assailed on Thursday the Supreme Court's decision to strike down limits on corporate spending, promising a "forceful response" to the

Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown, whose election was heralded as a possible death knell for the Democrats' health care overhaul, said Thursday he was

The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their