Will Boehner's pushback continue into 2014?

Now that House Speaker John Boehner has stood up to conservative critics, what happens when the House returns after the holidays?

• Dec 13, 2013

Panel to propose dramatic overhaul of NSA surveillance

Task force convened in the wake of controversial disclosure of U.S. spying practices nears the finish line

• Dec 13, 2013

Budget, defense bills face challenges in the Senate

The Senate has a week left to pass a budget and defense bill but they’re racing against the clock and GOP objections

• Dec 13, 2013

Rubio: Budget deal leaves many problems unsolved

GOP senator criticizes deal brokered by fellow Republican Paul Ryan, Democrat Patty Murray, saying it doesn't address government debt

• Dec 13, 2013

Mike Huckabee says he may run for president again in 2016

Former Arkansas governor, a favorite among social conservatives who ran in 2008, says he's receiving encouragement from unlikely quarters

• Dec 13, 2013

War of words over bipartisan budget deal continues

Bipartisan budget bill opposed by conservative groups but backed by Boehner heads to Senate after overwhelming House approval

• Dec 13, 2013

Secret Service faces questions over Mandela service interpreter

South African interpreter's admission to having violent outbursts raises serious security concerns after he stood on stage with Obama

• Dec 13, 2013

Boehner’s tough talk backed up by Americans’ tea party views

The rise in Boehner's outrage is directly proportional to the drop in Americans' views of congressional Republicans and the tea party

• Dec 13, 2013

10 years later, many think cost outweighed benefit of Saddam capture

Many Americans think removing him from power was not worth the loss of American life and other costs of attacking Iraq, according to a new CBS News poll

• Dec 12, 2013

Background check support strong, but lower, a year after Newtown

On the anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, there's continued broad support for checks and better mental health screening

• Dec 12, 2013

House overwhelmingly passes bipartisan budget agreement

The deal setting the budget for the next two years now heads to Senate, where Republican opposition is growing by the day

• Dec 12, 2013

U.S. Senate Banking chief urges no new sanctions on Iran for now

Obama's campaign for Congress to hold off on new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program won a key endorsement in the Senate on Thursday

• Dec 12, 2013

Boehner: Conservative groups have "lost all credibility"

Exposing a growing rift among conservatives, House speaker continues criticism of groups like the Heritage Foundation

• Dec 12, 2013

George W. Bush sends encouraging note to Alabama kicker

The kicker, Cade Foster, was blamed for a razor-thin loss to Auburn, but the former president had nothing but kind words

• Dec 12, 2013

Issa alleges “criminal obstruction” of oversight probe by HHS

House Oversight chairman accuses HHS Secretary Sebelius of telling contractors not to comply with the committee’s information requests

• Dec 12, 2013

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