CONGRESS

Senator John McCain was caught gaming on his iPhone during a U.S. Senate hearing.

The speaker tells the White House Congress must be consulted, and a poll confirms Americans want to stay out.

The Dow and S&P 500 flirt with all-time highs as investors listen to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's congressional testimony.

Doreen Mogavero discusses what traders expect to hear from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke during his speech before Congress.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is on Capitol Hill for his regular, semiannual testimony on the economy.

Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday she won't seek re-election for her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.In a video message, Bachmann, who ran for the Republican presidential nominations last year, emphasized that her standing down didn't have anything to do with the investigation into the activities of her presidential campaign staff, or concerns she would be defeated for the Minnesota seat in 2014.And for the Tea Party Patriots, or TPP, the country's largest tea party organization, she will be sorely missed.

At times Wonkbook is insufferable, at others, it’s hilarious -- hilarious in the “they-meant-to-do-it-even-though-they-didn’t-mean-to-do-it” way.

The legality of the Cuban trip taken by Beyonce and Jay-Z has been questioned by some Florida lawmakers.

How did your member of Congress vote on the bill containing the "Monsanto Protection Act"?

Learn all the scary facts about the "Monsanto Protection Act," which opponents call the Farmer Assurance Provision, which Congress approved as part of a spending bill that Obama has signed.

Congress could pass comprehensive immigration reform by July 4, proving lawmakers can still agree on big things. What made them work together?

The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a resolution strongly criticizing Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes.

A U.N. resolution on war crimes perpetrated by Sri Lanka army on ethnic Tamils has threatened India’s government.

Having watched lawmakers bounce from crisis to crisis on the way to the current sequestration, the speaker puts his foot down on spending cuts.

There was no breakthrough in a meeting the president had with Congress Friday regarding the 2013 sequester cuts.

Obama and congressional leaders are meeting today about the 2013 sequester cuts, but what are the options on the table?

As the clock ticked toward huge spending cuts, many members of Congress skipped town. But no fear, the real deadline is Friday midnight.

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, or VAWA, has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, sending the bill to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign.

Coalition forces in Afghanistan erroneously reportedly a decline last year in the number of attacks by the Taliban, U.S. officials said.

Some Republicans say Obama is exaggerating the impact of the 2013 sequester. But is he?

With the looming impact on states of sequestration outlined by the White House, governors may be inclined to push Congress to cut a deal.