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A U.S. Coast Guard panel completed the first day of hearings planned for the agency's inquiry into the grounding of the Shell drillship Kulluk last Dec.

Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a message to House Republicans Tuesday that the upper chamber won't accept significantly higher cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

As Memorial Day approaches, several media outlets are ramping up their coverage of veterans and particularly the effects of two recent long-running wars.

For a bill supposedly about "disclosure," Sens. Ron Wyden and Lisa Murkowski gave surprisingly few details about their Follow the Money Act in their POLITICO op-ed, . While they wrote in broad generalities about requiring "full transparency on the part of independent political spenders," they had already articulated that principle in a Washington ... (more)

A divided U.S. Senate confirmed on Wednesday the nomination of William Orrick III , a former top immigration lawyer in President Obama's Justice Department , to the federal court in San Francisco.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a plan May 8 identifying 50 abandoned wells in the Alaska Arctic that it believes require clean-up by the agency.

Even in a bitterly divided Capitol, Democrats and Republicans joined together Thursday in a sweeping vote to confirm Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 8 approved S.761 by a voice vote.

The Internal Revenue Service , under pressure after admitting it targeted anti-tax Tea Party groups for scrutiny in recent years, also had its eye on at least three Democratic-leaning organizations seeking nonprofit status.

Thank you very much, Minister Bildt, and thank you for hosting this important event.

They say there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes. Try as we might, it's virtually impossible to escape the clutches of the Grim Reaper or the Tax Man.

The Obama administration recently laid out a new plan for Arctic drilling that focuses on protecting the environment and bolstering international agreements as melting ice allows for more commerce and development.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has a small lead over two likely Republican Senate candidates in a hypothetical primary matchup, according to a GOP poll .

Legislation has been re-introduced in Congress that would give investors in renewable energy projects access to a corporate structure currently only available for fossil fuel-based energy projects.

The Obama administration on Friday released a national strategy for the Arctic in advance of Secretary of State John Kerry's trip next week to Sweden to attend a conference of eight polar nations.

Many lifetimes ago, in the Vietnam War, they had fought alongside U.S. forces. Now, they are grandfathers, resettled refugees living in places like California’s Central Valley.

While existing law already prohibits car dealers from selling new cars that are under safety recalls, no laws keep rental car companies from renting these types of vehicles to consumers.

Alaska's senior U.S. senator has been picked to lead the National Republican Senatorial Committee's "Native American Program." Sen.

The UC Santa Cruz Good Neighbor Initiative Program will present a free Community Arts Festival from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Abbott Square -- outside the Museum of Art & History.