President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would nominate appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known he called…
By CHARLES BABINGTON and LAURIE KELLMAN Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, generally seen as a master congressional deal-maker, walked into a legislative dead end on domestic surveillance that left some…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS FILE – This May 14, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., arriving for a vote at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and PHILIP ELLIOTT Dave Brat smiles after defeating Republican Congressman Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for the 7th Congressional District in Virginia on Tuesday, June…
By DAVID ESPO House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, is pursued by reporters as he walks from his office through the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, the morning…
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Virginia Gov-elect, Terry McAuliffe, gestures during a news conference in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 18, 2013. McAuliffe’s successful campaign for governor in Virginia might provide a playbook…
By BILL BARROW FILE – In this March 20, 2010 file photo, Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., speaks to people demonstrating against the health care bill on the U.S. Capitol steps…
