After months of speculation over his plans, Terry​ McAuliffe announced his intentions in a video​ posted on his Web site.

Senate Democratic leaders have scheduled a meeting​ with Roland Burris, who was chosen by embattled​ Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the Senate​ se...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama​ and Congressional Democrats are considering a​ major expansion of government-assisted health care​ ins...

One of the last remaining steps in​ Minnesota's U.S. Senate race recount was​ temporarily halted Saturday morning when attorneys​ with Republican in...

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael​ Bennet will take over for Sen. Ken Salazar who was​ promoted to interior secretary in the Obama​ administra...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called Illinois​ Gov. Rod Blagojevich in early December to discuss​ the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama,​ ...

Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan could become​ Obama's solicitor general, who represents the​ United States before the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drivers need to pay​ more gas taxes and new user fees to fix crumbling​ roads and bridges and ease congested highways, a​ tra...

Governors from Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New​ Jersey, New York and Ohio are seeking​ funds to deal with unprecedented state​ budget shortfalls i...