Even after a senior House Democratic aide told CNN​ that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman​ Charlie Rangel would likely temporarily step down​ from...

Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary,​ plans to step down, three sources told CNN on​ Friday.

Three of four people in a CNN poll believe even​ honored presidents such as George Washington and​ Abraham Lincoln told lies.

The Obama administration will propose legislation​ that would allow the government to block excessive​ rate hikes, a senior administration official​ tell...

A controversial policy that limits the amount of​ time NATO troops can hold Afghan detainees is​ under review by U.S. Defense Department officials,​ a sp...

The National Naval Medical Center has opened a​ review of the surgical care provided to the late​ Congressman John Murtha after the Pennsylvania​ Democra...

Only a third of voters think that most members of​ Congress deserve to be re-elected -- the lowest​ number ever recorded for that question in a CNN​ surv...

The White House has begun quiet preparations for​ the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy in​ coming months, government sources tell CNN.

Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, a​ Democrat, is not running for re-election, sources​ told CNN Thursday.