Ashley Portero

There were 349 suicides among active duty troops last year. For years, firearms have been the most frequent method of self-inflicted death.

The president chastised Republicans for holding the economy hostage and warned that Social Security and veterans checks could be interrupted.

NRA's David Keene: People are stocking up on guns and ammo because the possibility of new gun control laws is "scaring American gun owners."

Only weeks after a New Delhi woman was killed in a brutal gang rape, Indian police report another woman was sexually assaulted after boarding a public bus.

Five Iowa straw poll workers say their pay was withheld after they refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

The vice president is meeting with pro-gun groups and the retail giant -- one of the top firearms sellers in the U.S. -- to discuss ways to combat the epidemic of gun violence.

Several states are already focusing on limiting women's reproductive choices in the first days of the New Year.

In his State of the State Address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to call for a complete ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons.

A federal judge ruled police must have "reasonable suspicion" that an individual is engaged in criminal activity before stopping them.

The former congresswoman and her husband, Mark Kelly, have created a gun-control lobby intended to serve as the anti-NRA.

The Speaker of the House has been facing unrest among his fellow Republicans. Now, a poll shows a majority disapprove of him.

Sources say the Obama administration is prepared to take on the National Rifle Association.

New top income tax rate of 39.6% only affects 0.7% of taxpayers, and only 18% of revenue from Bush tax cuts will be restored.

The FISA Amendments Act -- allowing the U.S. government to engage in warrantless wiretapping -- will likely be reauthorized before New Year's Day.

All the senators rated A by the National Rifle Association shunned the chance to speak on the Newtown massacre.

U.S. President Barack Obama rarely talks about gun control. The latest massacre may change that.

The federal government has an outdated and chaotic system for organizing secret national security information, the Public Interest Declassification Board reports.

The Democrat told CNN too many lives have been ruined because of unnecessary marijuana arrests.

A group of the nation's wealthiest citizens is urging the U.S. Congress to raise the tax rate for this affluent segment.

The report, which is three years in the making, investigates whether "enhanced interrogation techniques" helped intelligence officials gather important information that otherwise would have been lost.

The Texas Tribune reports lawmakers are rethinking their decision to defund family-planning services.

As the debate over raising tax rates on the wealthy comes full circle, O'Donnell asked the former house speaker to admit he was wrong for predicting the higher rates instituted under President Bill Clinton would destroy the economy.

Sen. Bob Corker is another Republican senator who advocates raising taxes on the wealthy to avoid the fiscal cliff.

There is broad popular support for the campaign-finance reform the U.S. Senate minority leader wants House Republicans to reject.

Poor Americans, on average, are likely to stay poor, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Americans For Tax Fairness is thanking the (very) conservative congressman for speaking out against the Republican leadership.

Responding to Boehner's GOP fiscal cliff proposal, House Democrats will try to force a vote on ending the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthy.

Report: the world pumped an estimated 35.6 billion tons of carbon air pollution in 2012; China and the U.S. lead in pollution.

Not for the first time, a faith-based organization has spoken out against some Republican governors' opposition to accepting the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.