Senate Agreement to Bolster Border Security

(WASHINGTON) -- Early Thursday morning, the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators will announce an agreement to strengthen border security. ABC News has confirmed that the Sena... Read More

Senate Confirms New US Trade Representative

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate has confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Michael Froman to be the new United States Trade Representative. Froman, a close confidant of the pre... Read More

Former Miss America Called ‘Street Walker’ by Local GOP Leader

(WASHINGTON) -- A former Miss America winner who is now a GOP candidate for Congress was called a string of profane names Wednesday, including “street walker,” ”love child&r... Read More

Bloomberg Gun Group Apologizes for Honoring Bombing Suspect

(CONCORD, N.H.) -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was run over by his brother after a gunfight with police, was named as a victim of gun violence during an event held by May... Read More

Tea Party Aims Anger at IRS, NSA and Immigration at DC Rally

(WASHINGTON) -- Backed by more than a dozen lawmakers from the House and the Senate, thousands of Tea Party activists gathered on the Capitol lawn to vent their frustration with the Internal Revenu... Read More

Eldest Duggar Moving to Washington for Job with Family Research Council

(WASHINGTON) -- Josh Duggar, who is known as a pro-life activist, fundamentalist Christian, reality show star and the eldest of 19 children, is adding another title to his public persona.... Read More

Obama Tells Berlin 'Our Work Is Not Yet Done'

(BERLIN) -- Speaking at Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate, President Obama on Wednesday challenged Western democracies not to become complacent in the post-Cold War era, saying “our wo... Read More

Third GOP Senator Backs Same-Sex Marriage

(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska came out Wednesday in support of gay marriage, marking the third Republican Senator to change course and back same-sex marriage this year... Read More

House Committee Would Criminalize Being Undocumented

(WASHINGTON) -- While the Senate was working to amend the bipartisan immigration bill on the floor, the House Judiciary Committee was busy late Tuesday night passing its piecemeal approach to immig... Read More

Obama Says NSA Surveillance Has Saved Lives

(BERLIN) -- President Obama on Wednesday defended his administration’s “narrow” phone and Internet surveillance, saying that “lives have been saved” because of the pro... Read More