WASHINGTON — Almost no elected Republicans support giving gays the right to marry. The party’s influential social-conservative wing sees “traditional marriage” as a defining issue....
A brief provision restricting the ability of doctors to gather data about their patients' gun use was pushed by the National Rifle Association in the...
WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, widely viewed as President Obama’s likely choice to lead the Pentagon and already under fire from some pro-Israel supporters,...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and the nation’s most prominent charities are embroiled in a tense, behind-the-scenes debate over President Obama’s push to scale back...
Briefly last summer, negotiations on the debt ceiling appeared to present a way past a deep partisan divide. But after talks fell apart, the parties...
Top Republicans who see the "birther" movement as a potential harm to their party are again disavowing the disproved conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was...
Bills that would restrict college students or require photo IDs are debated in dozens of states. Republicans cite fraud; Democrats say it's an attack on...
Since President Obama's arrival in town two years ago, many local religious leaders have wondered when, or if, the country's first African-American first family might...