Mitt Romney just can't shake his difficulty attracting conservatives and that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee. Read More..

The Republican-led House is trying to give President Barack Obama the line-item veto, a power over the purse that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents. Read More..

Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that has snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives. Read More..

House Republicans have introduced their version of a bill to ban insider trading by thousands of federal officials and prevent lawmakers convicted of a crime from collecting their government pensions. Read More..

Mitt Romney's camp is downplaying last night's triple-state win by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum in Colorado and Minnesota's caucuses and Missouri's primary. Read More..

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rick Santorum is riding high after wins in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. Read More..

Senate Democrats say they plan to take up a bill to extend federal highway programs next week, even though they haven't figured out yet how to pay for them without raiding the general treasury. Read More..

Republican presidential candidates are railing against what they describe as an attack on religion by President Barack Obama. Read More..

Prospects for extending President Barack Obama's signature payroll tax cut now seem far less certain as House-Senate talks have deadlocked over finding ways to pay for it. Read More..

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is urging senators to resolve debates over tax cuts that expire this month and at the end of the year, saying uncertainty around both could slow the economy. Read More..

The former U.S. senator says he won't seek the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Sen. Ben Nelson. Read More..

Ron Paul has invested days of campaigning and money for television ads ahead of caucuses in Minnesota, where he's hoping he can eke out the first win of his Republican presidential campaign. Read More..

Republican Rick Santorum is planning some last-minute campaigning in each of the three states holding presidential contests today. Read More..

Presidential contender Mitt Romney is fighting to win over social conservatives in Tuesday's Republican caucuses. Read More..

After fiascos in the two states, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon. Read More..

President Barack Obama's campaign is asking top fundraisers to support a Democratic-leaning outside group that is backing the president's re-election bid, reversing Obama's opposition to "super" political action committees. Read More..

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he doesn't think a prominent breast cancer charity should continue giving grants to the organization because it provides abortion services. Read More..

Rick Perry is breaking his silence after abandoning his run the GOP presidential nomination last month. Read More..

Republican Newt Gingrich says he's the candidate offering voters a stark fall choice against President Barack Obama.  Read More..

The Senate has passed a compromise bill that speeds up the Federal Aviation Administration's switch from old-fashioned radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology. It also requires opening U.S. skies to drone flights within four years. Read More..