Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who is considering another presidential run, called for putting 10,000 U.S. troops on the ground to fight the growth of the extremist group that calls…
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been eager to show momentum against the Islamic State after a conference last week dramatized the hurdles to countering the terrorist group’s propaganda. But…
WASHINGTON — The last Congress came close to being the least productive since the days of Harry Truman, outdone only by the Congress that preceded it. New research suggests that…
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans on Tuesday seized on a federal judge’s ruling against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, saying the judge’s preliminary conclusions bolstered their fight to block the…
“We are doing what we want her to do: Running to the White House,” said Erica Sagrans, the group’s campaign manger. The scene was an odd one: As people rushed…
Weiss, the head of investment banking at Lazard and President Barack Obama’s pick for a top spot at the Treasury Department, was forced to withdraw his nomination last month after…
DES MOINES — When Ron Paul ran for president in 2008 and 2012, his rallies were decidedly unpretentious affairs, appropriately suited to the scrappy outsider nature of his campaign. His…
Paul found friendly audiences at the end of a stormy week filled with negative headlines over comments he made about vaccinations and swirling controversy involving one of his advisers in…
Talking to CNBC’s Kelly Evans on Monday, Evans started to follow up with a question about tax repatriation for corporations overseas while Paul was still talking, and the senator started…
WASHINGTON — When Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey said last week that he would give President Obama two months before defying a veto threat and voting for new sanctions…
WASHINGTON — Two days before President Obama ended a half-century of diplomatic estrangement with Cuba, his national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, asked Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona to be…
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D), who once told The Huffington Post that he had “no plans for the Senate,” now, apparently, has had a change of heart. – “Ohio…
They have called Senator Elizabeth Warren “an extremely attractive candidate” in the 2016 presidential campaign. They have said that she is the “hottest commodity” in the Democratic Party and that…
Paul, who has been cultivating an audience on the platform for the last year, spoke candidly in what is the first ever official Snapchat interview with a U.S. lawmaker. While…
A Kentucky state senator is trying to have his DUI charge dismissed because the state constitution bans lawmakers from being arrested while the legislature is in session. – “No member…
Texas’ junior senator is challenging early caucus state voters to back only presidential candidates with a proven conservative track record. – Cruz isn’t the only Texan giving thought to a…
And speaking to some audience members who were listening, the pitch worked. “I’m very taken with him,” said Anthony Gioia, an ambassador under George W. Bush and a major GOP…
By Steve Holland DES MOINES, Jan 24 (Reuters) – For Republicans, the long road to the 2016 presidential election begins in earnest on Saturday in Iowa when a group of…
Harry Reid doesn’t particularly like long phone calls. He is known to abruptly hang up after a quick conversation with an aide, a senator or a lobbyist. Read the whole…
Wendell Ford, a former governor and U.S. senator who was the dominant figure in Democratic politics in Kentucky for 30 years, has died. He was 90. – Copyright 2015 The…
The unusually sharp exchange, between a senior senator and a president from his own party, occurred during a Senate Democratic retreat at a hotel in Baltimore. A senior administration official…
The senator from Massachusetts has a lot of supporters from the left who view the news as a victory. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of…