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Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell are getting closer, multiple sources are reporting.

The New York congressman is concerned the Texas senator could lead the party again to an untenable situation, and he's being vocal about it.

After forcing a federal court to temporarily suspend deportations last week, Arizona activists ratchet up the protest.

Nugent, 64, is a ferocious opponent of President Barack Obama.

De Blasio is as under-qualified to lead the nation's largest city as Obama was to take over the reins of the world's greatest super-power.

Senate Majority Leader McConnell is reportedly looking over his Democratic counterpart's proposal at this very moment.

Although 389 national park sites remain closed due to the government shutdown, a few American icons reopened this weekend.

New episodes of “The X-Files” haven’t been on television for more than a decade, but stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson say they’d love to make another film continuing the classic sci-fi detective series.

A united Republican Party (at least for now) isn't even talking about ousting Boehner as speaker.

The former secretary of defense says national security is at risk.

All eyes are on the Senate as Oct. 17 draws closer. Some Republicans now say they overreached at first.

The U.S. debt ceiling has existed only since 1917. In the 96 years since, the way it has been dealt with by the government has changed -- a lot.

The White House and the GOP are now talking with each other, but neither side is calling it a negotiation.

However, despite not having an agreement with the White House yet, Senate Republicans say lawmakers are working on a bipartisan deal.

Tom Hanks has a new appreciation for one of the most dangerous and important industries in the world.

Arizona pro-immigration activists up the stakes by fighting deportation with physical means.

Republicans have floated a short-term debt ceiling increase. But it could be moot. Here's why.

Mexico stands to lose a lot if its northern neighbor can't fix the shutdown and default crisis, and its opinion makers are not mincing words.

Continuing talks offer investors hope of an end to the impasse over the government shutdown and the debt ceiling before Oct.17.

Edward Snowden’s CIA supervisor in Geneva wrote a cautionary note about him that was never forwarded to the NSA.

John Boehner and fellow Republicans, who exited a meeting with Obama without speaking to the press, want to raise the debt ceiling for six weeks.