Ashley Portero

Occupy Miami protesters have been told they will be arrested for trespassing if they do not vacate their encampment by sunset.

A repeal of the 2009 law that legalized same-sex marriage will be up for a vote this week.

Super PACs will reveal the identities of their wealthy donors for the first time since the 2012 Republican presidential nomination race began to take shape.

Whitehouse confirmed Monday that he and at least two co-sponsors will introduce a bill on Wednesday requiring millionaires to pay a 30 percent tax rate on their income.

Senate Republicans plan to introduce a bill that would allow Congress to bypass the executive branch in order to green-light construction for the contentious Keystone XL pipeline.

President Obama's re-election campaign told the Center of Responsive Politics it plans to refund federal lobbyist donations that slipped through the cracks last year.

PACs and super PACs can now join forces under an umbrella organization, allowing them to donate directly to political candidates while also spending unlimited sums to promote or oppose candidates of their choice.

The former Florida governor said the harsh anti-immigration rhetoric spouted by Republicans this election season is a turn off to Hispanic voters.

Greenpeace alleges TransCanada's Canadian and U.S. filings demonstrates the company used 'false or misleading' job creation numbers to bolster approval for the Keystone XL pipeline.

A coalition of veterans say retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin's inflammatory rhetoric is incompatible with Army values, and only puts our troops in danger.

DeLay, a colleague of Gingrich's during his time in the House, said the presidential hopeful is not a true conservative.

Pollsters who used dial meters to track voters' reaction to the State of the Union said President Obama's call to invest in renewable energy received one of the most positive reactions of the night.

The United States has a huge budget deficit, so taxes are going to have to go up. I certainly agree that they should have to go up more on the rich than everyone else. That's just justice, Gates said on Wednesday while discussing President Obama's State of the Union address.

As the GOP primary in Florida approaches, Sen. Marco Rubio attempted to frame himself as a political voice representing the nation's Hispanic community -- and failed.

“The most profitable corporations in the world do not need subsidies from the American people, Sanders said Tuesday at a Capitol Hill rally.

The proposed Enemy Expatriation Act would allow the U.S. government to revoke citizens' nationality if they are accused of supporting anti-American hostilities.

If approved Sativex, an oral spray marketed to treat cancer pain, would be the first prescription drug derived from raw cannabis.

Hundreds of protesters are expected to swarm Capitol Hill on Tuesday dressed as referees in order to blow the whistle on what they claim is a pattern of fossil-fuel funded corruption in Congress.

Highly restrictive abortion laws do not deter women from undergoing the procedure, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which found the rate of unsafe abortions has increased in recent years.

The court ruled that a Texas federal court must use maps drawn by the state's Republican-controlled legislature as a starting point when crafting a new plan.

Although several studies indicate Fox News viewers are among the least informed, Americans still trust it more than any other news network.

Groups in 110 U.S. cities and counting will protest Federal courthouses, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, on a day of action marking the second anniversary of the Citizens United v. FCC decision.

Eighty members of Congress support SOPA and PIPA, including 42 Democrats and 37 Republicans.

Several prominent liberals have co-sponsored both SOPA and PIPA, while several conservative lawmakers -- including Michelle Bachmann, Paul Ryan and Rand Paul -- have opposed it.

Kansas is the latest state to introduce personhood legislation, which aims to outlaw abortion by declaring life begins at the moment of conception.

The White House, in response to two online petitions, said it would not support versions of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that reduces freedom of expression, increases cyber-security risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.

The pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future has focused its resources on anti-Gingrich attack ads, even as other GOP candidates have surged in the polls.

The U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars housing suspected terrorists in the military prison since 2002. So far, only six people have been convicted by a military commission.

Women in business who either ask for pay raises and promotions, or change jobs for purposes of career advancement, often experience lower rates of compensation growth.