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The U.S. Senate gave final approval on Monday to a bill to renew a ban against firearms that can pass undetected through metal detectors, but rejected calls to update the law in response to the advent of plastic guns made with 3-D printers.

Mitch McConnell is taking his opposition to President Barack Obama's recess appointments all the way to the Supreme Court.

North Carolina is expected to host one of the nation's toughest U.S. Senate races next year.

Two U.S. senators are preparing legislation to impose new sanctions on Iran in six months if an interim deal on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program goes nowhere, penalties that Iran's foreign minister has said would kill the agreement.

President Barack Obama headed to South Africa on Monday to speak at a national memorial service for anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

Senator Charles E. Schumer says an Environmental Protection Agency act could cost the city $1 million if it requires the replacement of fire hydrants.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said he would sign up on the health care exchange in South Carolina but reject a subsidy: "I don't think Members of Congress should get a special deal."

Peters is running against lobbyist David Jolly in the competitive primary for Florida's 13th District.

U.S. military officials insisted a top-secret Pentagon study proved the need to buy Russian helicopters for Afghanistan's security forces.

Eight U.S. web giants have joined hands to start a public campaign for new limits on how governments collect user information amid concerns of growing online surveillance.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand , left, and members of the New York Public Interest Research Group discuss the annual safety report on dangerous and toxic toys Sunday.

A minimalist U.S. budget deal that congressional negotiators hope to reach in coming days will do almost nothing to tame rising federal debt, but it could usher in a nearly two-year fiscal truce, minimizing the risk of future funding crises and government shutdowns.

Canada is running out of time to offer U.S. President Barack Obama a climate change concession that might clinch the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, as the country's energy industry continues to resist costly curbs on greenhouse gas emissions.

The share of the unemployed who have been out of work for 27 weeks or more-a group known as the long-term unemployed-has swelled over the past few years to its largest level since World War II .

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan , R-Wis., left, speaks with Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday Nov. 13, 2013.

Virginia Republicans are in the midst of a three-day gathering to sort through what happened in their across-the-board losses at the ballot box in 2013.

FILE: Dec. 6, 2013: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Detroit Economic Club held at the Motor City Casino, in Detroit, Mich.

President Nicolas Maduro faces his first electoral test since being elected nearly eight months ago, as Venezuelans go to the polls on Sunday to judge his government's response to their nation's mounting economic troubles.

President Obama on Saturday told an influential audience in Washington that his pursuit of a comprehensive diplomatic deal to end Iran's development of a nuclear weapon is as likely to fail as succeed, but he defended it as the best option to protect U.S. and Israeli national security with respect to the issue.

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