WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign to curb gun violence after the Newtown school massacre was dealt...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jack Lew as President Barack Obama's new Treasury secretary...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have made little progress in the past 10 days toward a compromise to avoid the harsh ta...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican proposal to give a permit to the Keystone XL crude ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, set to expire at the end of this month, would be extended...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It didn't seem like mission impossible just two weeks ago.Inside a private room on the first floor of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social Security retirement benefits for about 55 million people will go up by 3.6 percent next year, t...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 12 members of a congressional "super committee" laid out competing visions on Tuesday fo...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of Washington lobbyists are scrambling to influence the work of a congressional "super ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Republican lawmaker would not rule out tax increases on Thursday if they could boost economi...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans named their six members Wednesday to a congressional deficit-reduction super committee, in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Max Baucus, the Senate's top tax legislator, was named Tuesday to serve on a deficit reduction super c...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional leaders struck a deal on Thursday to resolve a partisan dispute and end a partial shutdo...