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Sen. Tim Johnson is latest Democrat set to retire
WASHINGTON — Democrats' efforts to maintain a majority in the U.S. Senate after next year's midterm election were thrown into...
President Obama names Julia Pierson to head Secret Service
WASHINGTON — A year after the U.S. Secret Service was embroiled in a prostitution scandal, President Obama on Tuesday named a high-...
Supreme Court agrees to hear Michigan affirmative action case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on college affirmative action for a second time in a year and decide whether...
Supreme Court has menu of options in gay marriage case
WASHINGTON — Four years ago, many gay rights advocates shook their heads when super-lawyers Theodore B. Olson and David Boies...
Senate passes budget after voting marathon
WASHINGTON — At times it seemed the overnight fight club in the U.S. Senate just wouldn't end.
The conservative legal star who is fighting for gay marriage
WASHINGTON — Certain law partners no longer call Theodore B. Olson for lunch. Old friends no longer come to dinner at his sprawling...
Senators' immigration talks stall
WASHINGTON — Despite days of huddling behind closed doors, the eight U.S. senators drafting an overhaul of federal immigration laws...
Senate Democrats brace for long night passing budget plan
WASHINGTON — Democrats in the Senate were poised Friday night to pass a 10-year budget blueprint, but not without a late-night vote-a-...
Republicans in Congress shift focus to long term
WASHINGTON — Sending President Obama a bill Thursday that averts a government shutdown, Congress proved that it can, in fact,...
Senators examine domestic drones' effect on privacy
WASHINGTON — As federal authorities accelerate plans to license thousands of surveillance drones over U.S. soil by late 2015, some...
Another terrorism suspect indicted in New York
WASHINGTON — A Nigerien man allegedly involved with Al Qaeda at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been indicted by a federal...
Feinstein's assault weapons ban loses this round
WASHINGTON — To advance a cause that has defined her political career, Sen. Dianne Feinstein brought the father of a child killed at...
GOP leaders downplay citizenship issue in immigration talks
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders, increasingly anxious to push an immigration bill through the House despite opposition from many...
Republican National Committee says party needs an overhaul
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party is smug. Uncaring. Rigid. An immovable collection of "stuffy old men."
Senators stand down on spending amendments
WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: As the "sequester" budget cuts are felt around the country, lawmakers are having second...
Obama nominates Perez as Labor secretary
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday named the nation's top civil rights lawyer, Thomas E. Perez, to lead the Labor Department,...
Supreme Court hears challenge to Arizona's voting requirements
WASHINGTON — Jesus Gonzalez, a Catholic school janitor from Yuma, Ariz., tried to register to vote on the day he became a U.S....
Couples in gay marriage case await a landmark ruling
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Until tax season comes around, Mary Ritchie and Kathy Bush can act like any legally married couple raising two...
