Negotiations to increase the nation's debt ceiling shift to Congress where Republican and Democratic leaders are assessing the mood of their members while a... Read more »
President Barack Obama will meet with Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday to continue discussions over debt negotiations. Read more »
A dispute in the Senate over the Patriot Act that created a legislative impasse Wednesday has raised the prospect that several of the FBI's counterterrorism powers may... Read more »
The Democratic-run Senate is poised to vote down a controversial House budget plan that calls for turning Medicare into a voucher-like program for future beneficiaries. Read more »
Criticism continues flaring from both sides of the aisle over President Barack Obama's position that a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict begins with... Read more »
An aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the lawmaker suffered a dislocated shoulder and has a bump over his left eye after he fell on Wednesday. Read more »
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