Biden: Immigration reform a "public safety issue"

Vice president stresses benefits of strengthening border security and bringing undocumented immigrants out of the shadows

• Jul 19, 2013

Transcript: Obama's remarks on race, Trayvon Martin

Full transcript of President Obama's comments on race and the Trayvon Martin case

• Jul 19, 2013

Pelosi teases GOP Rep. about his 2016 flirtation

The House minority leader jokingly wondered if N.Y. GOP Rep. Peter King is serious about running for president

• Jul 19, 2013

House passes No Child Left Behind overhaul

Bill that takes federal government largely out of education decisions is destined to go nowhere

• Jul 19, 2013

Why Congress is divided and won't change: It's you

And why that's not likely to change as we head toward 2014

• Jul 19, 2013

Congress celebrates Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday

Senators and members of Congress read Mandela quotes to honor the anti-apartheid activist's life

• Jul 19, 2013

DNA shows Rep. Cohen not model's father: "I loved her"

Congressman Steve Cohen tells Jan Crawford about DNA tests revealing he's not father of woman he thought was his out-of-wedlock daughter

• Jul 19, 2013

Student loan deal meets resistance from the left

Progressive activists say the Democratic-led Senate's deal on federal student loan interest rates is worse than doing nothing

• Jul 19, 2013

What happens in Wyoming won't stay in Wyoming

Liz Cheney's impact on the Republican Party and the week's other campaign happenings

• Jul 19, 2013

Surprise: Rep's long-lost daughter isn't his daughter

A DNA test shows that Victoria Brink, who Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., announced was his daughter, isn't his daughter after all

• Jul 18, 2013

Officials say new anti-leak measures set at NSA

Disclosures by Edward Snowden prompts National Security Agency to implement new security measures

• Jul 18, 2013

Obama considers canceling talks with Putin in Moscow

The move could further aggravate the already tense relationship between the two leaders

• Jul 18, 2013

GOP Rep. Peter King weighing 2016 presidential run

Hawkish New York Republican worries "isolationists" like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are dominating the GOP's foreign policy conversation

• Jul 18, 2013

For now, Congress may finally settle student loan issue

Senate announces overdue deal on student loan interest rates; agreement resembles the bill passed in the House

• Jul 18, 2013

Liberal groups may have been targeted by IRS as well

Democrats pounce on new documents provided to Treasury inspector general indicating "progressive" groups may have been scrutinized

• Jul 18, 2013

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