Republican Denham reaches across aisle to help avoid fiscal cliff

In what one news outlet described as a "charm offensive," President Barack Obama is seeking common ground with rank-and-file Republicans for a deficit reduction deal that would overhaul the tax code and slow the growth of Medicare and other entitlement p

The Senate is moving forward with its first piece of legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in America since the Obama administration announced its big legislative push this year, pushing a gun trafficking bill through committee in preparation for a

March 8 (Reuters) - Ronald Reagan had a catchphrase when faced with a crisis, especially a synthetic "crisis" of the kind Washington loves to concoct. He would call in the officials and media advisers rushing manically around the West Wing and calmly tel

News Made Easy Get today’s news delivered to you. Realtors and Republicans should take special heed of a recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business: Most members favor increases in taxes to cut the deficit, starting with caps on mor

A bill to change the way Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes are tallied in presidential elections suggests that some state Republicans value re-claiming the White House over retaining the governorship. Republican state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileg

RALEIGH - The president of the North Carolina NAACP on Thursday compared Republican attempts to require photo identification to vote to a poll tax, and said he and his allies will fight it at the General Assembly and in court if it's approved. The Rev. W