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by Mark Silva and Naftali Bendavid Presidential candidates usually stay far from Washington, physically and rhetorically. But Thursday, the city witnessed the curious sight of the campaign planes of John McCain and Barack Obama, their logos emblazoned...

by Mark Silva With help like this... The reviews on John McCain's impact on the congressional bailout negotiations were rather mixed - with fellow Republicans insisting that he had helped, and Democrats complaining that he had helped run the talks......

by Frank James Sen. John McCain spoke with reporters today, confirming that he will run for re-election to the Senate in 2010, something he hadn't said publicly. There weren't any surprises. McCain stuck to his story that he chose Gov.......

by Frank James The Senate confirmation hearing for President-elect Barack Obama's choice for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, has been postponed a week in the wake of revelations that he failed to initially pay Social Security and Medicare taxes...

by Frank James Attorney General-designee Eric Holder is testifying now at his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee and so far he has weathered the ordeal by verbiage fairly well. Sen. Patrick Leahy, the committee's chair,...

by Josh Meyer Confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., was delayed for a week today, after Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee placed a hold on it, complained that they have not been......

by Frank James Senate Republicans may've lost the battle on the economic stimulus legislation the Senate passed today but they indicated that the war continues. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader, warned that the amount of spending the...

A Border Patrol truck travels along the newly constructed fence in March that stands between California and Mexico. (Getty/David McNew) by Ken Dilanian President Obama will send up to 1,200 additional National Guard troops -- and request $500 million........

by Noam N. Levey Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won the backing of a divided Senate Finance Committee today, likely clearing the way for her confirmation as President Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius, the last of Obama's........

by Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor, among the top in her classes at Princeton and Yale Law, with nearly two decades on the federal bench and now poised to become the first Hispanic member of the nation's highest court, makes......

by Peter Nicholas and Peter Wallsten White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said today that there is not enough support in Congress now to pass a comprehensive immigration bill providing a path to citizenship for the nation's illegal immigrants,......

by Noam Levey WAUKON, Iowa -- One is a thrifty soybean farmer from Iowa with a penchant for righteous speeches about government waste. The other is a Stanford-educated lawyer from a Montana ranching family who looks uncomfortable leading a debate.......