Newark's mayor defeated Steve Lonegan in a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the late Frank Lautenberg.
Eric Brown
Oct 16, 2013
As a deal to raise the debt ceiling appears to be in the making, many are left to wonder, how did it come to this and what do we do from here?
Connor Adams Sheets
Oct 16, 2013
Immigration reform will return to being a top priority of the president once the debt ceiling and government shutdown are resolved.
Laura Matthews
Oct 16, 2013
Even in this liberal bastion of the Northwest, Sawant’s political views stand out.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 16, 2013
President Obama’s Climate Action Plan builds on past progress to reduce carbon emissions, but it also faces strong opposition.
David Kashi
Oct 16, 2013
Under the deal, the government will reopen until mid-January and the debt limit will be lifted until early February.
Laura Matthews
Oct 16, 2013
Decisive action can cut bloated defense overhead costs and constrain skyrocketing retirement and health care benefits.
Barry Blechman
Oct 16, 2013
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called for President Obama's impeachment, the same day a fake news report circulated.
Nadine DeNinno
Oct 16, 2013
How centrist are Americans? A national poll by NBC News and Esquire magazine belies conventional wisdom that we are increasingly a nation of radicals.
Christopher Zara
Oct 15, 2013
Ryan has represented Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District in the southeastern corner of the state since 1999.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 15, 2013
The going rate for a pair of pandas on loan includes uranium, energy technology and trade agreements with China.
Sophie Song
Oct 15, 2013
The House GOP isn't waiting for a bipartisan Senate deal: its plan seeks more changes to Obamacare.
Laura Matthews
Oct 15, 2013
Malala has responded to such criticisms by asserting that she is neither a “Western puppet” nor ashamed to be Pakistani.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 15, 2013
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell are getting closer, multiple sources are reporting.
Laura Matthews
Oct 14, 2013
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.
Laura Matthews
Oct 14, 2013
After forcing a federal court to temporarily suspend deportations last week, Arizona activists ratchet up the protest.
Laura Matthews
Oct 14, 2013
Nugent, 64, is a ferocious opponent of President Barack Obama.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 14, 2013
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.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 14, 2013
Senate Majority Leader McConnell is reportedly looking over his Democratic counterpart's proposal at this very moment.
Laura Matthews
Oct 14, 2013
Although 389 national park sites remain closed due to the government shutdown, a few American icons reopened this weekend.
Mark Johanson
Oct 13, 2013
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.
Eric Brown
Oct 13, 2013
A united Republican Party (at least for now) isn't even talking about ousting Boehner as speaker.
Laura Matthews
Oct 13, 2013