(CBS News) As the Senate gears up for the first fight over new gun legislation in two decades, Republicans do not appear to h...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background ch...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maneuvered into a political corner, House Republicans sorted glumly through unsavory fiscal cliff choices ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to D...

The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.Curious...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government deb...

(AP) WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner publicly blessed a Republican deficit-reduction plan Tuesday that would raise &#...

(AP) WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner publicly blessed a Republican deficit-reduction plan Tuesday that would raise &#...

(AP) President Barack Obama makes it sound like there are millionaires all over America paying taxes at lower rates than thei...