The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters

The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move

Senate Democratic leaders are looking ahead to a crucial test vote on health care amid indications the rank-and-file will stand together Saturday to give them

Charlene Lugar, wife of Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), was arrested Wednesday night for drunken driving after a traffic accident

Sen. John Kerry’s daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence, police told Fox News.

Companies fraudulently collected at least $100 million in federal contracts from a $4 billion government program designated for disabled military veterans who

Congressional budget crunchers said Thursday the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that

Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver wants you to stop complaining. Seriously.  The three-term Democrat from Kansas City wants the House of Representatives to

President Barack Obama says he's worried that spending too much money to help revive the economy could undermine a fragile U.S. recovery and throw the economy

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the

Millions of  "pink slips" have been sent to members of Congress by voters who are warning them to abandon Washington's "charge-it-and-spend-it" programs, new

West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd has become the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history, a milestone to be marked Wednesday with a Senate

Huge crowds are expected when Sarah Palin kicks off her national book tour in Michigan. The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate is scheduled to sign

Attorney General Eric Holder is defending his decision to put the professed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial in New York — and urging critics of the plan not to

More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits,

Have you seen the cover of this week's issue of Newsweek magazine yet? Sarah Palin has, and she's not happy about it.  It turns out the photo-- which features

Sarah Palin said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that a 2012 presidential bid is "not on my radar," but wouldn't rule out playing some role in the next

National Geographic sent an e-mail to all 100 senators asking them to take part in Geography Awareness Week by having them draw their home state and add three

Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito over the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of

Sarah Palin said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that it's heartbreaking to see the road that Levi Johnston, the father of her grandson, has taken and that

President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to China, seeking to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while weighing when and how

The United States is limiting its goals in Afghanistan and demanding better accountability from that country's underperforming leader, Secretary of State

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release

Sarah Palin may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd.

House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more

Sarah Palin's new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome

A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective

The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family. In Palin's new memoir, "Going Rogue," she confirms reports of

Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he still hopes to bring a health care reform package to the floor next week.

Former President Bill Clinton told anxious Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass a health care bill soon because the U.S. economy can't resist the toxic

The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.

A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.

The glow from a health care triumph is fading quickly for President Barack Obama as Democrats realize the bill they'd fought so hard to pass in the House will

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a health care reform bill Saturday night. The final vote was 220 to 215, with 218 votes needed for passage.

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