"To my Republican friends, I want them to realize that me reaching out to them has been genuine," Obama said at a prime time news conference capping his 100th day in office. "I ca ...

Lawmakers are floating bipartisan commissions, weekend work, and "rifle shot" bills to get the Senate moving again and lessen ...

On his hundredth day, President Obama thanked Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter for switching parties. Will Specter be a better Democrat than he was a Republican? Has the GOP gone so far right that ...

It’s been nearly a decade since the last establishment-backed Democratic Senate candidate faced a close race in a primary.

Senate Democrats blocked a Republican measure aimed at paying military troops and some federal workers during the US ...

The NYTimes unveiled Tuesday a map/graphic rating all 36 of the 2010 Senate races according to the likelihood each seat will change partisan hands. The rankings are done by Adam Nagourney, Carl Hulse ...

WASHINGTON—The hard lines that both parties have drawn on the government shutdown are starting to soften, with the specter of ...