WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second senior Democratic lawmaker may face a public ethics trial this fall, adding a new threat to their party's efforts to keep control of the House of Representatives in the November elections. The House ethics panel is expected to say as early as on Monday that its ...

Fresh from a court victory that blocked provisions of a tough Arizona immigration law that Obama opposed, the president warned politicians not to "demagogue" the topic and said his administration wanted to work with Arizona on the issue. Earlier this week a judge blocked key parts of the ...

"I have heard concerns from Nebraskans regarding Ms. Kagan, and her lack of a judicial record makes it difficult for me to discount the concerns," Nelson said in a statement issued late on Friday. While the break in his party's ranks is unlikely to be welcomed by President Barack Obama, ...

Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were arrested on July 31, 2009 on Iran's border with Iraq. Their families say they were hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq. Iran suspects them of spying but has not brought charges against them. The arrests further complicated relations between ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of holding American small businesses "hostage to politics" after Republican senators refused to back a $30 billion small-business lending package. Senate Republicans blocked the package on Thursday, dealing a ...

Around 200 to 300 activists from several states, some with placards that read "No amnesty" and "Secure our borders now," gathered outside the state capitol to support the law, a weakened version of which came into effect Thursday. "We are here to fully support Arizona, ...

Democrats have urged the New York lawmaker, one of the most senior members of Congress and its former chief tax writer, to settle the charges to avoid a trial they fear could hurt them in congressional elections in November. Obama's comments may be seen as indirect encouragement for Rangel to cut ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Passing the bill as the House leaves for its ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and India on Friday formally signed an agreement on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel that U.S. officials hope will allow American firms a share of India's $150 billion nuclear energy market. The agreement, signed by Undersecretary of State for Political ...

"This morning we learned that our economy grew by 2.4 percent in the second quarter of the year, so that means it's now been growing again for one full year," Obama said at a Chrysler plant. "We've got to keep on increasing that rate of growth and keep on adding jobs so we can move ...