House Committee Would Criminalize Being Undocumented

(WASHINGTON) -- While the Senate was working to amend the bipartisan immigration bill on the floor, the House Judiciary Committee was busy late Tuesday night passing its piecemeal approach to immig... Read More

Obama Says NSA Surveillance Has Saved Lives

(BERLIN) -- President Obama on Wednesday defended his administration’s “narrow” phone and Internet surveillance, saying that “lives have been saved” because of the pro... Read More

House Passes Bill Banning Abortion After 20 Weeks

(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives voted Tuesday evening to pass legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks, except in what Democrats assailed as “narrow” cases of incest of a... Read More

Tea Party Fight Brewing in Alaska Senate Race

(WASHINGTON) -- Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Alaska on Tuesday, ensuring there will be a Republican primary in the race to run against Sen. Mark Begich, a... Read More

'The Fight Isn't Over' on Gun Control, Says Vice President Biden

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the White House Tuesday about continued effort to address gun violence, pledging that he and President Obama have not given up the effort to pass l... Read More

JFK Eternal Flame to Burn in Ireland

(WASHINGTON) -- The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame generated new light on Tuesday. Part of the flame was taken by torch from the presidential memorial at his gravesite in Arlington National... Read More

Immigration Reform Would Boost Economy, CBO Report Finds

(WASHINGTON) -- The immigration reform bill drawn up by the Senate "Gang of Eight" would boost the economy and lower the deficit, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says in a report out T... Read More

Claire McCaskill Joins Effort to Draft Hillary Clinton in 2016

(WASHINGTON) -- Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill got a more than three-year head start on the 2016 election, lending her support Tuesday to an effort to draw Hillary Clinton into the next presidentia... Read More

'Over 50' Terror Plots Foiled by Data Dragnets, NSA Director Says

(WASHINGTON) -- The director of the National Security Administration on Tuesday told Congress that more than 50 potential terrorist attacks have been thwarted by two controversial programs tracking... Read More

Senate Rejects Double-Layer Border Fence Plan

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Tuesday rejected a proposal that would have withheld permanent legal status for most undocumented immigrants until the completion of 700 miles of double-layered border... Read More