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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden encouraged Chinese visa applicants to "challenge their government" during a brief meeting at the U.S. embassy in Beijing on Wednesday.

SOUTH FLORIDA , December 4, 2013 - The 2014 midterm elections are less than one year away, and the day after the 2014 elections begins the 2016 presidential election.

President Barack Obama's administration has found a short-term fix to pay insurance companies for plans selected on HealthCare.gov, the not-yet-complete government website used to shop for insurance required under Obama's healthcare program.

The heads of two U.S. Senate committees that oversee national security have expressed concern to the Obama administration over news reports that China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has been chosen to build a nationwide wireless network in South Korea.

President Obama has made it a priority to choose federal judges who are diverse in terms of race or gender.

A Mississippi man accused of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and other officials, and pinning them on an Elvis impersonator, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a new charge that he tried to continue the scheme from jail.

Republican-on-Republican infighting? Teacher unions linking arms with tea partyers? President Barack Obama working in tandem with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and energy giant Exxon? Traditionally Democratic-leaning groups don't like the standardized tests and are finding allies among small-government conservatives.

While some Democrats want a GOP bill to extend a ban on undetectable plastic firearms to go further, at least some in the House are willing to vote for the measure, which is scheduled to hit the chamber floor Tuesday afternoon.

The second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday he would not support a stop-gap funding measure aimed at avoiding a January government shutdown that keeps automatic spending cuts in place.

Job Corps ended its last budget cycle with a surplus of up to $42 million after temporarily freezing enrollment earlier this year to deal with repeated deficits, according to a top Democratic lawmaker.

National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Monday that the Metro-North Railroad train that derailed was traveling at 82 mph just before it crashed on a curve in the Bronx.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie forcefully denied Monday that he has switched positions on in-state tuition for young illegal immigrants, saying he continues to support the idea but won't sign the specific bill passed by the state legislature.

President Barack Obama will try to sell the American people on the relaunch of his troubled healthcare program on Tuesday in a bid to restore confidence in his signature domestic policy initiative and, more broadly, in his presidency.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2013.

More than 1 million people will see their extended unemployment benefits immediately cut off at the end of the month if Congress doesn't act.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will boost state Sen. Katherine Clark's special election bid next week with a campaign event in the 5th District.

Sen. Tom Coburn on Monday criticized the Department of Homeland Security after a new report showed significant information technology vulnerabilities at the agency.

WASHINGTON , December 2, 2013-Obamacare has always included the agenda of sex-without-consequences.

Ethan Wung, left, and Keola Akana will be among the first same-sex couples to be legally married in Hawaii on Dec. 2. Six couples tied the knot early Monday, shortly after midnight, when a new law allowing same-sex couples to marry took effect.

For Rep. Richard Hudson , joining Congress was not so much a change in job as a change in role.