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Immigration overhaul? GOP, Dem senators vow action

Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a

Biden's recent moves stoking chatter about 2016

Joe Biden is thanking Democratic supporters in the afterglow of President Barack Obama's second inauguration, dropping plenty of hints that he may try to

Photos: First Nail Ceremony

What's that senator doing with that hammer? Inauguration 2013 plans are under way after a bipartisan build in Washington.

Electoral College count affirms Obama's win

It's official. A tally of the Electoral College vote affirms President Barack Obama's re-election.

2016 politics on display as Congress ends term

While the next presidential primary voting is still three years away, the political implications of the actions and whereabouts of the potential field of 2016

Electoral College set to affirm Obama re-election

Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional

Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donations

Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for

Face of US changing; elections to look different

It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America.

Obama: Americans agree with my approach on deficit

President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling "fiscal cliff" negotiations, said Friday he won't accept any approach to federal deficit reduction

Changing times: Politicians' tears more common now

It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his re-election.

Gen Y: How the young vote was won

To get young voters to the polls this year, candidates had to get more creative than a 10-second attack ad before a YouTube video of the honey badger.

Fla. counting last presidential votes; Obama leads

Florida is counting its final presidential ballots as President Barack Obama holds a narrow lead in the state.

Obama's big Hispanic win worries GOP

Hispanic voted 71 percent in support for Obama, putting Republicans on notice that they must seriously court the nation's largest minority group if they want

Dow loses 313 in post-election sell-off

Wall Street greeted a second Obama term the way it greeted the first. Investors dumped stocks Wednesday in the sharpest sell-off of the year.

Ryan says he will return to Congress

The failed Republican vice presidential nominee said Wednesday that he will be seated when the new House convenes in January.

It's a 50-50 nation, give or take

The election laid bare a dual — and dueling — nation, politically speaking, jaggedly split down the middle on the presidency and torn over much else. It seems

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