The Senate voted early Friday to force final action on a Pentagon spending measure as Democrats broke a G.O.P. attempt to use the military money to stall action on the health care overhaul.
Democratic leaders seem willing to give Senator Ben Nelson anything to win his support of health care reform — except restrictions on insurance coverage for abortions.
The U.S. and Russia plan to start talks on whole categories of nuclear weapons never before subject to limits.
Foreign investors’ moves to buy U.S. industrial assets are getting a wary reaction from the Obama administration.
The holidays this month are the biggest test yet of the Obamas’ entertaining endurance and party-hosting prowess.
Liberals like Senator Bernard Sanders are signaling that they have compromised enough to win over moderates.
A report says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a poor job of screening medical experts for conflicts when it hired them to advise the agency on vaccine safety.