Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dealt a significant blow to President Obama's global trade agenda Thursday, declaring that a sweeping pact with 11 Pacific Rim nations should not be sent to Congress for approval until after the 2016 ...

Democratic congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a candidate running for California's open Senate seat, said comments she made about Muslims during an interview with Larry King that aired Wednesday should not be taken as a general indictment of followers ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas Congressman who lost seats on two U.S. House committee three years ago has been elected to a Republican committee that fills committee assignments.

It's the Democrats' turn to boot a presidential debate media sponsor. But this one is different. When the Republican National Committee suspended its partnership with NBC News on a debate scheduled for February, it was ostensibly because the GOP feared ...

Sen. Rand Paul's campaign is getting out ahead of an expected bump down to the undercard debate by arguing that "fairness in dealing with polling variances ... would indicate" Paul should be included on the main stage. In a press release issued ...

Veteran lawmaker Sylvester Turner edged out Republican businessman Bill King on Saturday to claim victory as the new mayor of Houston, the fourth most-populous U.S.

Governor-Elect John Bel Edwards greets teachers and education supporters at the 51st annual convention of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La.

U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, dean of Louisiana's House delegation, has filed his formal papers to run for the U.S.

Another Republican, former state lawmaker Robert Brawley of Mooresville, filed Wednesday to challenge McCrory in the Republican primary.

If the delegates look anything like this, will the GOP have to give Donald Trump a primetime slot at the national convention? (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall).

Mavis Coffman, right, joins other abortion-rights activists as they stage a counterdemonstration Wednesday in front of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform's Genocide Awareness Project display between the University of Missouri Student Center and Ellis ...