The White House is expected Friday to walk back on a regulation requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide women with full contraceptive coverage.

President Barack Obama welcomed a landmark $25 billion deal struck Thursday between nearly every state and five of the country’s biggest banks as a result of abusive foreclosure practices.

By Lily Benitez De Luna Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) told reporters Wednesday that she will endorse the House version of the STOCK Act, despite concerns that her Republican colleagues had diluted it. “The thing we greatly feared has come upon us. [The STOCK Act] has been weakened,” Slaughter said, pointing…

By Lily Benitez De Luna Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) noted Tuesday  that time is ticking for Congress to make a final decision on the extension of the payroll tax cut, but key issues have yet to be resolved. “This week is another example of what I refer to as…

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a California constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The three-judge panel voted 2-1, upholding retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling that the law, better known as Proposition 8, unconstitutional. Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, wrote…

During the final GOP debate in Florida, Mitt Romney accused Newt Gingrich of pitching his now infamous moon base as a way to pander to the Sunshine state’s voters, many of whom rely on the aerospace industry to make ends-meet. It wasn’t the first time Gingrich stood accused of exchanging…

Former Republican lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff is taking on a new role inside the beltway as a watchdog working to expose the corruption in politics.

By Lily Benitez De Luna Senate Republicans are attempting to halt $127 billion in defense cuts triggered by the collapse of the Supercommittee with legislation that would allow the cuts to be made elsewhere. On Thursday, John McCain (R-Az.) and four of his Republican colleagues presented the proposal, which includes…

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) urged his colleagues on the other side of the aisle Wednesday to allow the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy Americans to expire, citing a report from the nonpartisan CBO predicting an additional trillion dollars being added to the current debt over the next 10…

By: Lily Benitez De Luna In an effort to show that they are serious about relieving the nation’s debt, Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.) and seven of his freshmen colleagues announced today that they will be returning what’s left of their office budgets to the Treasury. “What you see today is…