President Barack Obama endorsed a framework for immigration reform Tuesday that largely mirrored one unveiled a day earlier by a bipartisan group of senators — with a few important differences. A look ...

The names have been spinning through cyberspace since the first rumor that Ken Salazar might be headed to Barack Obama’s cabinet, leaving a U.S. Senate seat open: John Hickenlooper, John Salazar, ...

WASHINGTON — Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama’s Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is urging the Senate to renew the government's power to search Americans' telephone records, saying public safety demands it. Barring a last-minute compromise ...

Republican senators blocked President Barack Obama's nominees for a federal housing agency and a powerful appeals court on Thursday, NBC News reported. Obama’s nomination of Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., to ...

President Barack Obama placed the blame for the first government shutdown in 17 years squarely on Republican shoulders Tuesday afternoon, as Senate and House leaders continued to trade blame ...

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WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Ron Binz, said on Tuesday he was stepping aside, noting that his nomination was ...