At GOP outreach dinner, Obama picks up the tab

As part of an effort to improve relations, Obama hosted Senate Republicans for dinner; will join Republicans at Capitol next week

• Mar 6, 2013

Mitt Romney takes a new position at son's firm

Last year's GOP presidential candidate has a new position with his son's Boston-area venture capital firm

• Mar 6, 2013

Daughter of segregationist forges path to tolerance

Ala. Gov. George Wallace promoted segregation in the '60s. Now his daughter is making amends for her father's racial bigotry

• Mar 6, 2013

Death of the campaign book

John Dickerson: Jeb Bush's immigration book has had a rocky start, but books by future candidates are useless anyway

• Mar 6, 2013

Obama's schmoozing the GOP again

John Dickerson: The president's hard lines on the sequester didn't work; now he's trying to play nice with Republicans

• Mar 6, 2013

Rand Paul filibusters Brennan vote over drones

Ky. GOP senator says he'll "speak as long as it takes" to hold up the confirmation of Obama's CIA pick John Brennan

• Mar 6, 2013

Holder punts on pot, urges Congress to act on guns

Attorney General Eric Holder says federal response to states' marijuana legalization will arrive soon, pushes stronger gun laws

• Mar 6, 2013

Lethal force against Americans in U.S.?

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pushes back against Holder's assertion on use of drone strikes, plans to introduce legislation

• Mar 6, 2013

House passes stopgap funding bill, fate in Senate uncertain

Continuing resolution heads to the Senate, where Reid is "cautiously optimistic" about a deal to avert government shutdown

• Mar 6, 2013

Former GOP Rep. Bob Ney no fan of Boehner

Disgraced former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, once jailed due to his involvement in the Jack Abramoff scandal, settles scores in new book

• Mar 6, 2013

Fmr. Rep. Joe Kennedy II mourns Chavez

The late Venezuelan president donated millions of gallons of heating oil through Kennedy's Citizens Energy organization

• Mar 6, 2013

The sky isn't falling - yet - despite WH sequester message

Administration has overreached three times in attempts to make the case for immediate impacts of spending cuts

• Mar 6, 2013

White House sheds light on Benghazi talking points

Obama administration provided much of the information the Senate Intelligence Committee had been requesting regarding the 9/11 consulate attack, CBS News has learned

• Mar 5, 2013

White House tours canceled, apparently due to sequester

A senior administration official says the budget cuts implemented last week are to blame for the halting of tours

• Mar 5, 2013

Brennan nomination clears first hurdle

Senate committee approves of Obama's pick for CIA director; nomination still faces filibuster threat in the full Senate

• Mar 5, 2013

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