4:44 PM 05/07/2013
WASHINGTON - Two "whistle-blowers" -- who have never before spoken publicly about what really happened when the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi was attacked on Sept. 11, 2012 -- are expected to testify before a House committee in a much-anticipated appearance Wednesday.
3:48 PM 05/07/2013
WASHINGTON - Breaking from the typical collegial atmosphere of the Senate, Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid continued to insult Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday, condescendingly referring to the lawmaker while speaking to reporters as “the very junior senator from Texas.”
1:26 PM 05/07/2013
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli pledged on Tuesday to work to lower state income taxes for individuals in Virginia if elected governor this year.
10:51 PM 05/06/2013
It’s 2012 and Democrats are slamming a Republican congressman running for re-election for living the good life on the taxpayer dime and putting “himself first.”
12:06 PM 05/06/2013
WINCHESTER, Va. --- It's Saturday morning in this small town in northwest Virginia and Ken Cuccinelli is chatting with a voter about televisions in prison.
9:49 PM 05/03/2013
Ted Cruz fanned the flame of speculation that he is already eying a future presidential run by appearing in South Carolina on Friday night to address a gathering of Republicans in the early primary state.
1:41 PM 05/03/2013
Terry McAuliffe, the colorful former Democratic National Committee chairman and close Clinton friend now running for governor of Virginia, won't let a little thing like marriage get in the way of his political ambitions.
1:01 PM 05/02/2013
Two very different pictures are emerging of what took place this weekend at a series of townhall meetings by Kelly Ayotte, the Republican senator from New Hampshire.
12:35 PM 04/30/2013
A Republican senator is drawing attention to what he considers the "unnecessary, wasteful and duplicative programs" inside the Department of the Interior as officials warn that the country's national parks could suffer because of the automatic budget cuts hitting the federal government.
12:45 AM 04/30/2013
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes acknowledges that she might challenge Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for the U.S. Senate in 2014.
4:31 PM 04/29/2013
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pulled a page from the Clint Eastwood playbook on Monday, apparently in response to a joke from President Barack Obama about not wanting to drink with the Kentucky lawmaker.
2:34 PM 04/29/2013
President Barack Obama has spent more time hitting the links and vacationing than attending meetings about the economy, according to a study released by a conservative government-watchdog group.
1:07 AM 04/26/2013
Terry McAuliffe was once referred to as the "booking agent of the Lincoln Bedroom."
10:03 AM 04/25/2013
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been quietly negotiating behind the scenes to exempt themselves and their staffs from the insurance exchanges in Obamacare, according to one report.
9:06 AM 04/25/2013
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell doesn't yet have a serious opponent as he runs for re-election, but his campaign on Thursday released a dramatic campaign video produced by a well-known political filmmaker.
1:48 PM 04/24/2013
The Kentucky politician that Democrats are hoping will challenge Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2014 is causing a stir by refusing to denounce the surreptitious recording of McConnell's campaign headquarters earlier this year.
9:27 PM 04/23/2013
A young Republican who worked during the 2012 campaign for former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has been charged with federal stalking charges after allegedly threatening to expose nude photos of women.
4:25 PM 04/23/2013
WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers on Tuesday accused the Obama administration of a creating a "phony and contrived" crisis as travelers across the country face delays due to the Federal Aviation Administration's furlough of air traffic controllers.
5:49 PM 04/22/2013
The Democratic National Committee is being accused by Republicans of using the terrorism attack in Boston to improve its fundraising solicitation lists.
2:51 PM 04/22/2013
The Justice Department announced Monday that it has charged suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction.
