WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on​ Friday signed into law an extension of​ unemployment benefits, the White House said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush​ spoke with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey​ on Friday and the top U.S. law enforcement​ official s...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four senators have reached​ a bipartisan agreement on a bill to assist the​ struggling automotive industry, the lawmakers​ announc...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. Henry Waxman unseated​ fellow veteran Democratic lawmaker John Dingell on​ Thursday to become chairman of the U.S. House of​ ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack​ Obama's pick for White House chief of staff​ plans to meet with Republican lawmakers on Capitol​ Hi...

California's Supreme Court said Wednesday​ that it will hear the appeal of a challenge to​ Proposition 8, a voter-approved measure outlawing​ gay ma...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President-elect Joe​ Biden's son, Beau Biden, says he will not​ fill his father's U.S. Senate seat but​ instead wil...

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Republican lawmaker​ convicted on felony corruption charges in October,​ was defeated in his bid for re-election by​ Democra...

More than a week after voters in California,​ Arizona and Florida passed ballot initiatives​ outlawing same-sex marriage, thousands of people​ across the...