Question of the month: Is the party over? The tea party, that is. It began in 2009 as a spontaneous movement with no formal organization, national leader or central... Read more »
National leaders should be humble and live out the prayers offered at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama said at the annual event. Read more »
President Barack Obama predicted a tough road ahead as he urged House Democrats on Thursday to stick to their principles on guns, immigration and the economy in... Read more »
Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary "Fall from Grace," about former New Jersey Gov. Jim... Read more »
Last week's deal to avert the combination of end-of-year tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff" held income tax rates steady for 99 percent of... Read more »
A new Congress opened for business Thursday to confront long-festering national problems, deficits and immigration among them, in an intensely partisan and... Read more »
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