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…

Just days after lampooning Mitt Romney for not recognizing one of his own ads,
Newt Gingrich denied knowledge Tuesday of a controversial robo-call produced by his campaign.

Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) expressed confidence Tuesday that the House can move forward on a plan to extend payroll relief, one of the top items on their legislative agenda. “Hopefully we can work together to do better and the first opportunity we have, of course, is to pass the…

While Newt Gingrich is on track for a second place finish in Florida’s GOP primary, the former Speaker believes he can ultimately capture this party’s nod if he becomes the sole Conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.

The Congressional Budget Office announced Tuesday that the deficit for fiscal year 2012 will likely be $1.1 trillion.

After four months of sustained protest in the nation’s capital, Occupy D.C. is left facing a mandate from U.S. Park Services to cease camping at McPherson Square, a request that many demonstrators have described as an eviction.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich claimed Sunday that Mitt Romney is leveraging his Wall Street connections and hefty campaign war chest to “carpet-bomb” the competition in Florida.

Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told supporters Sunday evening that his daughter has made a “miraculous turnaround” after complications stemming from the genetic disorder Tisomy 18 led to the three-year old’s hospitalization.

The American economy is projected to have expanded by 2.8 percent within the last three months, capping off a year that has seen the fastest economic growth since 2007 but still fell failed to live up to the previous year’s growth.

U.S. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland fielded questions Jan. 20, over the embattled nation of Syria. In recent weeks, at least 16 people were killed by security forces in Damascus. More than 5,400 people who have died since mid-March, when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began the crackdown on anti-government protesters,…