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Ted Cruz was heckled and cheered at a voters summit in Washington D.C. Cruz was heckled for his stance on immigration but cheered for his crusade against Obamacare.

President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner to “hold a vote. Call a vote right now. Let's ...

Miriam Carey, a 34-year-old dental hygienist from Stamford, Connecticut, was identified as the female suspect in the Capitol ...

John Boehner mocked President Barack Obama in a floor speech just before the shutdown started on Monday. "I ...

There were reports of shots fired near Capitol building in Washington D.C., prompting the House of Representatives and ...

Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen. Ted Cruz, slammed President Barack Obama this week, suggesting he is a ...

Politicians and citizens alike took to Twitter and other social media platforms Tuesday morning to decry—and joke about—the ...

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Oct. 7. Several cases, involving affirmative action, the First Amendment, ...

Amid the government shutdown, President Barack Obama took to Twitter early Tuesday morning and shared a few thoughts ...

Ted Cruz, a Republican Senator from Texas, will hold an unofficial filibuster until he "can’t stand" anymore, he ...

A panel consisting of journalists and analysts discuss the Obama vs. Romney 2012 presidential election.

Firecracker "pops" that sounded like gunfire were reported just outside of the White House on Monday night, according ...

Gunfire was reported just outside of the White House on Monday night turned out to be firecrackers, according ...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed on a resolution on Sept. 4 authorizing President Barack Obama to strike ...

Two Code Pink protesters disrupted a U.S. Senate hearing on Syria on September 3, with one being thrown ...

Even though a government shutdown looms Oct. 1, the White House and a breakout group of eight Republican ...

An Obama firearms restriction will curb importing military surplus weapons and closing a loophole that allows felons and ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) may run for president in 2016, and said he feels U.S. politicians should be ...

A former aid to DC Mayor Vincent Gray, Vernon Hawkins, pleaded guilty to charges of lying to federal ...

Data company TrendPo is analyzing social media to measure politicians’ popularity, delivering a unique and valuable yardstick to ...

The Republican National Committee, or RNC, told NBC and CNN to stop promoting Hillary Clinton or else it ...

Congressman Charles "Charlie" Rangel said that the Tea Party is "the same group we faced in the South ...

President Barack Obama is nominating restructuring expert John Koskinen as IRS commissioner. Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman resigned recently ...

Jim Comey, who was nominated by President Barack Obama as the next director of the FBI, got enough ...

Washington state and Colorado may have legalized marijuana for recreational use in November last year, but the United ...

WASHINGTON—Pressure on the Obama administration to curb domestic surveillance increased this week as lawmakers proposed new legislation to ...

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