Ashley Portero

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday that President Obama will request $1.2 trillion in additional borrowing authority in a matter of days.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney curtly dismissed the idea that President Obama and Republican presidential nominee, who is well known for his inflammatory anti-LGBT rhetoric, share the same position on marriage equality.

Muñoz, who spent years as an immigration reform advocate before joining the Obama administration, will play a prominent role in the White House's policy-making process.

Jacob Lew, a former Citigroup executive, reportedly received a $900,000 bonus from the company after it took $45 billion in taxpayer bailout funds in 2008.

In a statement from the White House State Dining Room, President Obama praised Daley's contributions to his administration during his short time of service.

While directing a sexually-charged statement toward female audience members is something the Republican Party -- or any political party -- may logically want to stay away from in an election year, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's Sunday appearance at a Romney for President rally suggests he's not an expert yet regarding the constructive way to address hecklers.

Laws in the current legislative session include efforts to alter the teaching of evolution in public schools, requiring that certain laws take their basis from the Magna Carta, and giving the legislature the power to dissolve the Superior and Supreme Courts.

The FDA's highly praised announcement only applies to a drug that is barely used by the agricultural industry.

In New Hampshire public schools, parents can now request an alternative curriculum for any lesson plan they object to, a move that critics believe undermines educators and disrupts classrooms.

President Barack Obama appointed three people to the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday to keep the agency operable in 2012.

Iowa and New Hampshire, which have been flocked by GOP candidates who insist the federal government is wasteful with its spending, have both benefited enormously from federal programs.

A former civil engineer and inspector for the original Keystone pipeline writes, Let's be clear -- I am an engineer; I am not telling you we shouldn't build pipelines. We just should not build this one.

The well-known conservative Christian family who star on the popular 19 Kids and Counting traveled to Iowa to lend their support to Santorum in the days before the caucuses.

Following similar reports from the Oklahoma Geological Survey and the British Geological Survey, Ohio officials are investigating the possibility that wastewater injection wells associated with oil and gas drilling may have set off a series of seismic events in 2011.

The FDA decision ignores intensifying scientific evidence suggesting the overuse of antibiotics in feed given to animals intended for human consumption can lead to the development of potentially fatal antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

As immigration rights gain national attention, federal immigration officialshave announced the creation of a free telephone hotline to ensure immigration detainees held by local police are informed of their rights.

Ken and Meredith Williams produced a satiric YouTube video warning Bank of America, "Don't let anybody tell you you're too big to fail, cause you belong in jail."

Despite their objections to the current political system, a Pew survey found that more Americans -- even self-professed Occupy Wall Street supporters -- have a favorable view of capitalism compared to socialism.

State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.

Since September, members of the U.S. House and Senate have introduced five different amendments to the U.S. Constitution that would overturn key parts of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee.

After being overwhelmed by a Republican fight that has lasted most of 2011, 70 percent of respondents told Gallup they are looking forward to the end of the 2012 race.

U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman ruled the Center for Reproductive Rights can reopen a lawsuit against the FDA that alleges the agency's decision to deny over-the-counter access to Plan B for all women is not supported by medical or scientific evidence.

Newt Gingrich has repeatedly attacked federal judges and insisted that under a Gingrich administration he would boot judges that made decisions he didn't agree with, a stance that many suggest is unconstitutional.

As oil and gas companies target the Marcellus Shale for hydraulic fracturing, several East Coast states have begun to develop the first comprehensive rules to regulate the process.

West, who refused to apologize to the Jewish community after he compared Democrats to the Gestapo in 2010, said he will not apologize for once again comparing his colleagues across the aisle to the Nazi Party.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau found about 146 million Americans are either low-income or living in poverty.

One in five U.S. women have been sexually assaulted at some point in their life, according to a new CDC survey, a figure the agency reports is significantly higher than they expected.

A federal appeals court struck down a law that imposed a $10,000 cap on contributions to political action committees only weeks after Gov. Scott Walker introduced a new policy that will charge protesters for the cost of cleanup and extra police in the state capitol.

In a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said lawmakers have a moral obligation to ensure unemployed Americans and their families are able to support themselves in an economy that has not been conductive to job growth.