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Married gay couples will be eligible for a family health policy under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, beginning in 2015, the U.S. government said on Friday, encouraging insurers to begin offering coverage this year.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday that South Florida politicians are leading the United States into an extremist foreign policy against his country.

President Barack Obama is getting a little help from celebrity moms in his latest effort to lure young people to enroll in Obamacare.

Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is exploring a U.S. Senate bid in New Hampshire as high-profile Republicans from across the country gather in the state with an eye on the 2016 presidential contest.

The National Archives is releasing another 4,000 pages of documents from the Clinton White House, including previously unreleased records related to Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and the 2000 recount in Florida.

President Barack Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus leadership Thursday evening he's considering more changes to the enforcement of immigration laws, amid growing unrest among his allies over his deportation record.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he has called President Barack Obama to express his frustration over what he says is long-lasting damage caused by the U.S. government's surveillance programs.

U.S. doctors' biggest lobby group said on Thursday legislation intended to avoid a major Medicare pay cut for doctors had become a victim of partisan politics after Republicans tied it to their efforts to undermine Obamacare.

Democratic senate leader Harry Reid delivered his latest attack on billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, saying they were trying to buy the American political system by funding conservative and libertarian candidates in midterm elections.

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Caroline Krass to serve as the CIA's top lawyer amid a snooping fight pitting the spy agency against Congress and ensnaring the CIA's acting general counsel.

Ed Gillespie emerged as a trusted adviser to 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during his losing White House bid.

Lawmakers of both parties expect the trio to win full Senate confirmation, but first will have a chance to probe their policy views at the hearing.

CIA chief John Brennan is waging an aggressive counterattack against Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and her explosive allegations, but he faces long odds of winning the battle.

The United States and Japan made some progress on resolving a deadlock over tariffs on farm and industrial exports which is dragging on a wider Pacific trade deal, a senior Japanese official said on Wednesday.

Committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa cuts ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings off during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week.

The Club for Growth , a powerful conservative fundraising group, is throwing its support to former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan in the 2014 Republican Senate primary.

In this June 2010 photo, workers at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, put the final touches on Chevy Cobalts.

Jurors in the fraud trial of five former Bernard Madoff aides were shown photos of disgraced public figures in a defense bid to draw "false remorse" comparisons with the prosecution's star witness Your Take contributions have not been reviewed for accuracy by USA TODAY.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Comcast's plan to merge with Time Warner Cable in April and another on retransmission issues in late March, the committee said on Wednesday.

Braley, right, is running for Senate and leaving a wide-open race for Democrats in the 1st District.