Minimum wage bill dies in Senate

In an election year maneuver, Democrats failed to muster enough support to begin debate on raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour

• Apr 30, 2014

New York GOP mulling ways to push Michael Grimm off Nov. ballot

After Monday's 20-count indictment, Republican officials are maneuvering to replace the N.Y. congressman on the ballot

• Apr 30, 2014

Emails illustrate how White House shaped Benghazi talking points

Republicans are calling the emails a "smoking gun" that show officials worked to put politics ahead of the facts

• Apr 30, 2014

Republican senator pushes John Boehner to pass unemployment bill

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., one of the architects of an unemployment benefits compromise, wants the House GOP to move forward on extending the benefits that expired at the end of 2013

• Apr 30, 2014

Could strong fundraising be Chris Christie's road to redemption?

The New Jersey governor was hurt by the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal, but he remains a big draw with the Republican donor class

• Apr 30, 2014

Ill. lawmakers gear up for fight over Obama presidential library

With the Windy City $7 billion in debt, some Republican lawmakers are against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to secure Obama's presidential library by committing $100 million to project

• Apr 30, 2014

Fight over minimum wage hike comes to a head in the Senate

While Democrats are eager to tee up a midterm political fight over raising it to $10.10 an hour, Republicans have other plans

• Apr 30, 2014

Joe Biden speaks out against campus sexual assault

The vice president launched a new government website aimed at helping women looking for information

• Apr 29, 2014

Defying Republican leader, Rep. Vance McAllister says he won't resign

The Louisiana Republican who was caught on camera kissing a staffer has already said he won't seek re-election in November

• Apr 29, 2014

Chris Christie nominates chairman for embattled agency

The New Jersey governor nominated John Degnan, a registered Democrat, to serve as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

• Apr 29, 2014

John McCain takes on Obama’s critique of his Ukraine strategy

The Arizona Republican has argued that small weapons would provide a “moral” boost to the Ukrainians, though the president says that is futile

• Apr 29, 2014

Why the presidency seems like a prison

John Dickerson: George Washington wanted a simple inauguration 225 years ago; no one listened.

• Apr 29, 2014

Few millennials will definitely vote this November, poll finds

Harvard poll finds the lowest level of interest in any election since it began surveying young adults in 2000

• Apr 29, 2014

Tea party group defends controversial spending habits

A report showed the Tea Party Patriots group spends only a small fraction of its donations on candidates

• Apr 29, 2014

John Boehner explains teasing Republicans on immigration

House speaker says he wasn't "mocking" his GOP colleagues: "You tease the ones you love"

• Apr 29, 2014

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