GOP giving Dem House candidates early taste of 2014 attacks

The National Republican Congressional Committee is launching ads against Democrats - 18 months before the midterm elections

• Apr 22, 2013

Control tower cutbacks could keep passengers waiting

Federal budget cuts force FAA employees to take an unpaid day off every other week, likely leading to delays

• Apr 21, 2013

GOP senator: Delay immigration reform so we don't "rush to some judgments"

Sen. Coats calls on Senate to hold immigration reform in wake of Boston bombings; Sen. Durbin argues the "worst thing we can do is nothing"

• Apr 21, 2013

Ridge, Giuliani: Background check expansion would be "positive first step"

Fmr. Homeland Security secretary, N.Y. mayor agree failed background check expansion would have been step toward reducing gun violence

• Apr 21, 2013

Boston bombing suspect: Enemy combatant or criminal?

GOP lawmakers urge government to continue interrogating Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without reading him Miranda rights; civil liberties group objects

• Apr 20, 2013

Poll: Weiner a distant second in NYC mayor race

Quinnipiac survey finds NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn nearly doubling Weiner's support

• Apr 20, 2013

Obama, GOP put politics aside in wake of Boston bombing

In weekly addresses, president and GOP Sen. Tim Scott mourn victims, praise the bravery of first responders and investigators

• Apr 20, 2013

Obama: Bombing suspects "failed" to promote "hateful agenda"

The president said "we've closed an important chapter" in the Boston Marathon bombing tragedy

• Apr 20, 2013

Obama, Putin talk about Boston on phone

White House says Russian leader expressed condolences about marathon deaths; suspects believed to be ethnic Chechens from Russia

• Apr 19, 2013

Immigration a hot button after Boston bombing

As Washington reacts to the unfolding events in the Boston investigation, senators debate whether attack should impact immigration reform efforts

• Apr 19, 2013

Be meaningful or be quiet

John Dickerson: How some politicians and pundits are using the Boston bombing to score political points

• Apr 19, 2013

Airlines, pilots sue FAA over furloughs

Sequester-related furloughs are set to kick in on Sunday; industry says FAA should find other ways to deal with budget cuts

• Apr 19, 2013

George W. Bush: America safer after 9/11

Former president says his and Obama's administrations "have gone on the offensive" against "people who would do us harm"

• Apr 19, 2013

This week's tragedies test possible 2016 candidates

The governors of Massachusetts and Texas are dealing with the unexpected as they face major crises in their states

• Apr 19, 2013

Bowles and Simpson offer a modified budget plan

Chairmen of Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into budget wars with a revised plan to rein in intractable federal deficits

• Apr 18, 2013

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