Paul Ryan endorses cutting oil subsidies

The House Budget Committee Chairman said at a town hall meeting that oil companies shouldn't get subsidies, giving Democrats an opening to press the issue

• Apr 29, 2011

Trump's profanity-laced tirade: Leaders "stupid"

Donald Trump blasts Obama in front of supporters at Vegas casino; Hints further at presidential run

• Apr 29, 2011

Okla. pol's comments on blacks, women draw fire

GOP state Rep. Sally Kern apologizes for disparaging remarks on blacks and women during debate on affirmative action bill

• Apr 29, 2011

Obama introduces new national security team

President names CIA Director Leon Panetta as replacement for Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Gen. David Petraeus to take over at CIA

• Apr 28, 2011

Amid big Exxon profits, Dems link GOP to big oil

Democrats plan vote on cutting $4 billion in tax breaks and subsidies for oil and gas companies, tie handouts to high gas prices

• Apr 28, 2011

Obama to travel to Alabama to assess storm damage

The president will head to Alabama Friday in the wake of storms that have killed at least 248 people in the South

• Apr 28, 2011

Schieffer: Racism underlying Trump's assertions

CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer says "birther" and new "bad grades" slams by Donald Trump on President Obama have strains of racism

• Apr 28, 2011

Indiana passes bill to defund Planned Parenthood

GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels hasn't decided whether to sign the bill yet; decision could signal whether he wants to run for president

• Apr 28, 2011

Former Obama aide: Where are Trump's tax returns?

Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Trump should follow through on his claim that he would release his tax returns when Obama released his birth certificate

• Apr 28, 2011

The birther controversy: Who's to blame?

John Dickerson: The hooplah over the president's birth certificate is not the media's finest moment, or Trump's, or Obama's

• Apr 28, 2011

United Nations fails to unite on Syria violence

As specter of Syria joining U.N. Human Rights Council looms, Security Council remains divided -- as does the Obama admin

• Apr 28, 2011

McCain: Syria military intervention too risky

GOP senator says trying to stop Bashar Assad's violence against own people by force would be "very risky"

• Apr 28, 2011

Birth certificate won't kill "birther" movement

Convictions of conspiracy theorists were never about evidence, and latest piece of evidence won't erase their doubts

• Apr 27, 2011

Report: Pelosi faced shooting threat last year

Members of Congress reported more threats to their safety in 2010 than in any other year on record

• Apr 27, 2011

Obama to Oprah: I remember being born in Hawaii

President jokingly tells Oprah Winfrey that he was confident in rebutting birthers because he recalls being born in USA

• Apr 27, 2011

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