Sen. Jeff Sessions attacked the Senate immigration reform bill, saying that it would “hammer working Americans.”

Former U.S. Reps. Connie Mack IV and Mary Bono Mack plan to end their marriage of just more than five years.

A few weeks ago, Colorado Republicans were beside themselves about having no candidate to oppose Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper in next year's election.

Massachusetts GOP Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez called Democratic Rep. Ed Markey's campaign against him dirty and low Friday, saying the congressman was pond scum for thetactics he's using to sway voters ahead of the June 25 special election.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker travelled to Iowa Thursday and made a fiery speech roasting the ideology of the Democrats and pushing for government reform, fueling speculation he's gearing up for a 2016 presidential run.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says there is "diverse opinion" within the party on immigration issues and it will take a "whole lot of work" to craft an immigration-reform bill.

In a surprise move Thursday, Republican Rep. Jo Bonner of Alabama announced he would resign from Congress after a decade to become Vice-chancellor for Government Relations of the University of Alabama.

San Francisco Billionaire Tom Steyer's super PAC is planning to launch a new campaign against the Republican candidate in the Massachusetts Senate race.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control group is keeping its promise to run television ads against Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, who many Democrats believe is in a vulnerable position as he faces re-election in 2014.

House Speaker John Boehner says the House will not automatically "take up and accept" the bipartisan immigration bill moving toward a vote on the Senate floor next month.

City Councilman Eric Garcetti's victory in the run-off for mayor of Los Angeles Tuesday was driven in part by the victor's close ties to President Obama and his political organization.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida may want to put a trip to Iowa on his calendar if he s planning to run for president in 2016. He s already behind.While primary-season voting is more than two years away, pollsters are testing potential Republican and Democratic...

U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced Thursday that he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama system.In the letter to his congressional colleagues, the six-term Republican said he will resign to become vice chancellor of...

Moments after President Obama completed his speech Thursday at the National Defense University in which he laid out plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee camp, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said Obama s comments will be viewed by terrorists as a victory, reports the...

The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues.Medea Benjamin, a founder of anti-war women's group Code Pink, began demonstrating years ago...

The battle between veteran Sen. John McCain and tea party backed younger members of the Upper House is intensifying.

Two weeks after he resoundingly won a third two-year term as mayor of San Antonio, Julian Castro is already being talked about as a future Democratic candidate for governor of Texas.

Maine's governor has temporarily moved out of his office at the State House and is working from the governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television.Gov. Paul LePage is threatening to move for good by July 1.

With former Rep. Anthony Weiner's announcement that he would seek the office of New York mayor, the immediate reaction among city Democrats was we have a runoff on our hands.

Gabriel Gomez, the Republican Senate nominee in Massachusetts, reported adjusted gross income of $10.1 million for the years in 2006-11 in tax returns he released Wednesday.