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Neel Kashkari, the assistant treasury secretary in charge of the bailout program, speaks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Thursday, Jan.

U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden was in Pakistan Friday to discuss with senior leaders the fight against extremists, the U.S. Embassy said.

Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama's nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. But already it is plain that a set of serious fissures need to be ...

Senate Democrats said Thursday they want stricter rules for toxic ash from coal-fired power plants following a massive spill in Tennessee that has threatened drinking water and caused health fears.

Tom Daschle told former Senate colleagues on Thursday that as health secretary he would learn from Bill Clinton's failed attempt to overhaul health care, an effort criticized as too long, secretive and hard to ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he wants to go out "at the top of my game" and setting the stage for what one expert said ...

Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has reached the end of the road in his effort to reverse his conviction in an airport bathroom sex sting, one of his lawyers said Thursday.

Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany has won a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee.

The U.S. budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009, congressional forecasters said on Wednesday, the result of an economic recession that has cut tax receipts and caused massive ...

Former state senator and casino regulator Ray Rawson and investment manager Kevin Page have been named to open seats on the 13-member regents' board that oversees Nevada's higher education system.

MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won't be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania.

Michigan's new members of Congress are taking office Tuesday. Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters are entering the U.S. House after defeating Republican incumbents last November.

Mark Warner, 54, a Democrat, wanted Republican John Warner, 81, to accompany him as he was sworn in.

Idaho Republican Jim Risch has become the state's newest senator, replacing retired Senator Larry Craig.

Sen. Kay Hagan and Rep. Larry Kissell are North Carolina's newest lawmakers. Hagan and Kissell took the oath of office Tuesday, officially beginning their work on Capitol Hill.

Vice President-elect Joe Biden also branded it a mistake for Obama not to discuss the decision in advance with the incoming Senate Intelligence Committee chair, Sen.

Interview with Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Featuring Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire

In this Dec. 17, 2008 file photo, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at City Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. Kennedy's missteps and ...

The disastrous coal ash flood at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant should be a "wake-up call" for greater environmental and regulatory oversight, Tennessee Sen.

A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep ...