Political News

The Republican candidate running to replace Rep. Patrick Kennedy in Congress says he's getting help in his bid from several former GOP presidential candidates.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter are recovering in a Washington-area hospital after a car accident.

An attorney for a federal judge in Louisiana says the judge will seek a "full and fair hearing of all the evidence" at his Senate impeachment trial.

House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats.

The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 people.

President Barack Obama has announced which groups will get the $1.4 million he received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Republicans seeking to regain control of the House say they will stop stuffing spending bills with pet projects for their districts.

House Minority Leader John Boehner wants the House ethics panel probe of former Rep. Eric Massa to be reopened.

The House has voted to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana. A House Judiciary Committee task force charged District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. with a long-standing pattern of corruption.

Congressional budget referees say Senate legislation that's now the foundation for President Barack Obama's health care plan would cut the federal deficit by $118 billion over 10 years.