'You guys are pretty impatient'
Christie plans D.C. rollout
He has tough-talking message for Dems, GOP-ers.
Key 2012 early states cool to Palin
Do we want house prices to rise?
Opinion: It's time to question the societal benefits of ever-escalating home values.
D.C. as Cairo: Tumult reigns at CPAC
Opinion: Like the Egyptians, conservatives still have no idea who their new leader will be.
400 amendments on spending plan
Lawmakers pitch proposals on everything from Israel aid to NASCAR sponsorship.
Upton vs. Boxer
Dueling hearings on environmental policy raise the curtain on a great drama.
Daniels faces tea party heat
Chinese telecom giant jams Obama
It refuses to voluntarily divest itself from a U.S. company, putting the ball in the president's court.
U.S weaves tangled Web policy
The WikiLeaks case is complicating administration efforts to promote online openness.
Clinton: U.S. backs 'right to connect'
In an upcoming speech, she plans to say that America will help fight Internet repression abroad.
House GOP owes NRCC $2 million
In a conference-wide meeting, party leaders inform lawmakers they owe thousands of dollars.
House 'pajama party' over?
2012 strategy: Raise cash later
"It just seems like nobody is in a hurry to be the first to stick their head up," an expert says.
Dems vow Planned Parenthood fight
Rep. Barbara Lee called GOP threats to cut funding a “war on women.”
Bill worries abortion rights activists
S.D. bill would expand justifiable homicide definition to include those who kill to protect a fetus.
Republicans brace for whip race
Sens. Lamar Alexander and John Cornyn say they won’t tear apart their conference.
Greene on S.C. House race ballot
Report hits Congress on office safety
Congressional workplaces are currently exempt from key parts of employment laws.
W.H. takes Egypt wisdom to Iran
A second test of Obama's Middle East foreign policy is brewing in the streets of Tehran this week.
Climate change: GOP Galileo moment
Opinion: Climate cranks should be called to account for the damage they have set in motion.
Nature isn't red or blue. It's green
Opinion: We share a common duty to safeguard our water, wildlife and air.
Obama EPA hit for Bush-era plan
Opinion: Attacks on the agency's current actions resonate as particularly empty political rhetoric.
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'Birthers' make up half GOP
Surprising new poll finds 51 percent of Republican primary voters don't think Obama was born in U.S.
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'I definitely feel folks' pain'
Obama talks about cuts in his budget proposal at a press conference. Plus: Words for Rahm.
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Can Obama, GOP 'give a little bit'?
"Other than a being a line from a Super Tramp song this is not a refrain heard often" in D.C.
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Al Sharpton won't dance
The producers of "Dancing with the Stars" have asked Sharpton several times to do the reality show.
Liberals launch anti-Issa crusade
Budget battle: The road ahead
How can the White House, a fractious and hostile House and a dysfunctional Senate, pass anything?
Left saves budget outrage for GOP
This year, President Barack Obama can claim the benefit of an expedient foil: Republicans.
Budget 2012: Obama vs. House GOP
Spending plan paints contrast between visions.
Federal jobs on GOP chopping-block
Speaker of the House John Boehner says if the federal workforce shrinks, “so be it.”
Dems want MLB to strike out tobacco
Liberated from Egypt coverage
Simon says that after 18 days of revolution-watching, even the budget looks interesting.
Carney got $270K from Time in 2009
The new White House press secretary received bonus and severance payments after his departure.
Poll: Nelson vulnerable to challenger
The Florida senator falls short of the 50 percent mark against five potential Republican opponents.
Paul Ryan: Man in the middle?
He's caught between establishment, freshmen.
Blunt: Budget doesn't go far enough
Businesses see budget as slap
Particularly upsetting to lobbyists is the resurrection of a tax on big banks that took bailout cash.
Ariz. bill links hospitals, immigration
GOP lawmakers propose a bill requiring hospitals to check if patients are in the country legally.
Patriot Act extension passes House
By a vote of 275 to 144, Republicans send the bill to the Senate on their second try.
Chu puts Energy Dept. in spotlight
President Barack Obama is banking on Steven Chu to execute major pillars of his legacy.
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Trump: Gays yes, gay marriage no
He's in favor of "almost all conservative principles."
