Nation Jul 15 Boehner wants hearings on Planned Parenthood video The political conflict over abortion flared anew Wednesday as congressional Republicans said they will investigate whether Planned Parenthood is selling organs from aborted fetuses.
Politics Jul 07 Charleston activists to visit Congress to push for gun control legislation A relative of one victim of the mass church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, and other activists from the city are coming to the Capitol on Wednesday to try doing what others have failed to achieve before: Pressure lawmakers to…
Politics Jun 20 Congress unlikely to budge on guns following Charleston massacre This week's slaughter of nine people in a South Carolina church left prospects that Congress will curb guns right where they've been for years - remote for now, according to lawmakers and activists on both sides of the issue.
Politics Jun 06 New sexual assault claims against Hastert jarring, former colleagues say Dennis Hastert's former House colleagues say the emergence of sexual abuse allegations against him has been jarring, at odds with a reason they anointed him speaker in the late 1990s - his squeaky-clean reputation.
Nation May 26 Faulty exhaust fan triggers smoke alarm, evacuates U.S. Capitol Police briefly evacuated hundreds of workers and tourists from the U.S. Capitol and its adjacent visitors' center on Tuesday in a problem officials tentatively blamed on a faulty exhaust fan in a visitor center kitchen.
Politics Apr 25 House GOP rebels blame party leaders as contributions falter Tea party Rep. Thomas Massie and some other conservatives say the reason their business contributions have fallen is simple: GOP leaders are retaliating for their defiance.
Nation Apr 15 Gyrocopter lands on Capitol lawn; pilot arrested WASHINGTON — Police arrested a man who steered his tiny, one-person helicopter onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, astonishing spring tourists and prompting a temporary lockdown of the Capitol Visitor Center.
Politics Apr 14 Congress OKs bill reshaping Medicare doctors’ fees WASHINGTON -- Conservatives hated that it's expected to swell federal deficits over the coming decade. Liberals complained that it shortchanged health programs for children and women. But after years of complaints and failed efforts, huge majorities of both parties in…
Politics Mar 31 IRS commissioner says backlog of 60,000 applications for tax-exempt status is gone The head of the IRS says his agency has eliminated a huge processing backlog of groups seeking tax-exempt status.
Politics Mar 29 O’Malley: presidency ‘not some crown’ to be shared by two families Potential Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley said Sunday that the country needs fresh perspectives for confronting its problems and criticized the prospects of the Clinton and Bush families yet again seeking the White House.