A retired Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and sat next to the first lady during a presidential speech is being held on $60 million bail after being charged with rape, sexual assault, terroristic threats and related offenses.
In a closed-door meeting with religious figures, Vice President Joe Biden made statements concerning the possible increased taxation of companies that make violent video games.
Joe Biden personally responded to a Wisconsin second-grader who proposed chocolate bullets, saying it was a great idea.
Delaware became the 11th state to recognize same-sex marriage when it was passed by the Senate and signed by the governor Tuesday.
Ben Affleck and other celebrities announced their support of the Global Poverty Project "Below the Line" campaign this week.
The FBI said it interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his family in 2011, but "did not find any terror activity" at that time.
The Senate is to vote Wednesday on the Manchin-Toomey background check plan, but the votes for passage are lacking.
Obama sending Republican ex-secretaries of state but no current leaders in "snub," some say.
Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly personally calling senators to support the background checks compromise.
The vice president prefaced his comments by saying that the appeal of guns has changed over the years.
Joe Biden won't take a pay cut until it's clear whether his staff members will be affected by the sequestration.
The NRA plan is expected to include the presence of armed guards or officers in schools -- an idea rejected by the Obama administration.
Allegedly our economy is getting better. Or at least that is what Vice President Joe Biden asserted in late 2011.
The appearance of Taiwan's president at the Vatican angered Beijing, but there's a clear reason behind it: the Vatican recognizes Taiwan.
Get the story, directly from the vice president.
For the Vatican, the decision to select Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the next pope was a sacred one. But for secular Rome, it was all business.
Celebrities and political officials, including FLOTUS Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Beyonce and Kim Kardashian have had what appears to be their financial records and personal information published online by hackers.
The president wants a Democrat-controlled U.S. House in 2014. That may be getting in the way of solving the sequester crisis.
The Violence Against Women Act has been reauthorized. But nine Republicans did not even want to consider the GOP-sponsored version of the bill.
Obama challenged the GOP to put middle-class interests before loopholes. But Mitch McConnell is not interested in last-minute negotiations.
Banana Joe, the 5-year-old Affenpinscher, Wins Best in Show at New York's Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham urges his fellow senators to block voting on the two nominees. It may not be a good idea.
