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Walk a city block in Washington and you’re sure to see more than one person glued to a BlackBerry. President Obama famously fought to keep his personal BlackBerry after his inauguration. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton uses one, as do many members of Congress.

Rows of sand-colored armored vehicles ready for deployment are parked outside the nation's only tank manufacturing plant. It's where welders and machinists for more than three decades have built the Abrams ...

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A bitter row has broken out in Costa Rica's Congress after opposition parties said they would not support President Laura Chinchilla's plans to tackle its yawning budget deficit until she dismisses two members of her cabinet. Chinchilla on Tuesday refused to submit to demands from the opposition after …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Obama's healthcare law under Congress's power to tax, but not its power to regulate the economy, many conservatives were quick to hail the decision as a victory for more limited government. By saying the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution does …

Poor old Joe Walsh had no idea his little town hall would get national attention when he said his opponent, Tammy Duckworth, might have lost her legs in the Iraq war but wasn't a true hero. Right? The Illinois congressman just got caught thinking out loud about public service and life and death and never thought this might …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, won a return to power at the weekend but will have to make deals with its defeated adversaries to push major economic reforms through Congress. President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto plans to fire up Mexico's lumbering economy by loosening …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical devices like hip implants and heart defibrillators will soon join the ranks of cars and toasters. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule that would require each medical device to have a unique code that could improve tracking and catch safety problems earlier. The …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, eager to show voters he is pushing federal action to spur job creation and support education, will sign into law on Friday recently passed legislation on transportation investment and student loans, officials said. The Democratic president will use the event at the White House …

USA! USA! USA! The timing could hardly be better. On the eve of July Fourth, a strong majority of Americans—70 percent—still firmly support the Declaration of Independence, according to a public opinion survey by Rasmussen Reports. Here's how Rasmussen puts it: The Declaration of Independence, ratified by the Continental …

WASHINGTON — Seeking to mobilize support for the November election, Vice President Joe Biden today warned the nation’s public school teachers that they are “under full blown assault” from Mitt Romney and the Republican Party. “Gov. Romney and his allies in the Congress, their plan...

Louisiana's health department was working Monday to strip $859 million from the state's Medicaid program for the poor and uninsured, cutting 11 percent of the funding for health services after Congress ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China kicked off the first major step in a political reshuffle ahead of a generational leadership change with the appointment on Tuesday of a new Communist Party boss for Beijing, the Chinese capital's top official. Guo Jinlong, 64, the city's mayor since 2008 and an ally of President Hu Jintao, replaces …

In the wake of a contempt of Congress vote held last week, Eric Holder lashed out at Republicans, saying he’s being used as a “proxy” to attack President Obama during an election season, according to The Washington Post.

In the wake of a contempt of Congress vote held last week, Eric Holder lashed out at Republicans, saying he’s being used as a “proxy” to attack President Obama during an election season, according to The Washington Post.

In the wake of a contempt of Congress vote held last week, Eric Holder lashed out at Republicans, saying he’s being used as a “proxy” to attack President Obama during an election season, according to The Washington Post.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto pledged on Monday to focus on energy, labor and tax reforms and said he hopes to strike deals with opponents to help shepherd changes through Congress before he takes office in December. Pena Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), won Sunday's …

In his first interview since the House of Representatives voted to hold him in contempt of Congress on Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder told the Washington Post that Republicans have made him a "proxy" to attack President Barack Obama. "I've become a symbol of what they don't like about the positions this Justice …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy oiler slipped away from a fuel depot on the Puget Sound in Washington state one recent day, headed toward the central Pacific and into the storm over the Pentagon's controversial green fuels initiative. In its tanks, the USNS Henry J. Kaiser carried nearly 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican election results indicate President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto's coalition will not have a majority in either house of Congress, electoral sources said on Monday. Passing reforms could prove an uphill battle and he may need to negotiate with opponents including the conservative National Action …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two top Republicans in Congress vowed on Sunday to push ahead with efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law despite the Supreme Court upholding it, but the White House said it is time to stop fighting and start implementing it. "This has to be ripped out by its roots," House of …

Tip O’ Neil famously observed, “All politics is local.” These days, it seems that we need to revise O’Neil’s adage and start saying, “All political responsibility is local.” With the political gears stuck in Congress and Washington divided, America’s mayors have stepped up and said, “We’ll take the lead.” Every day, in …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday pledged to prioritize energy, labor and tax reforms and said he hopes to strike deals with opponents to help push some changes through Congress even before he takes office in December. Pena Nieto won the election on Sunday with about 38 percent …

Click image to see more photos. (David Goldman/AP) The Supreme Court last week upheld President Barack Obama's health care law because Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion considered the federal mandate to buy health insurance lawful under Congress' taxing power. But neither Mitt Romney nor Obama are buying it—for two different …