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While holding the record for the least-productive and most unpopular Congress in memory, the Republican-controlled House took a sudden turn Tuesday and passed by voice vote a 10-year extension of a federal gun control law.

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.

Government subsidies to help Americans buy insurance under the health care overhaul may be vulnerable to fraud, a Treasury Department watchdog warned today in the latest indication that troubles are far from over for President Barack Obama's signature legislation.

Missouri's two U.S. senators say their home state is the right place for Boeing Co.

The Republican senator, elected in 2004, told the Associated Press that he'll send out an e-mail Wednesday to let supporters know of his interest in the 2015 race.

The U.S. House on Tuesday approved a 10-year extension of a federal law requiring that all guns be detectable by metal screening machines.

Battered by two months of bad publicity over the health care website, the White House is going on the offensive to tout what it sees as the good news about the president's signature health care reforms.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is telling a London audience that he fears an international agreement with Iran will let that nation keep pursuing nuclear weapons.

Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama's popularity swooned in November.

Newt Gingrich has some advice for Rep. Trey Radel, the Florida Republican on leave from Congress while he's seeking drug treatment.

Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election next year, is being targeted by a conservative group for her votes supporting President Obama's judicial nominees.

A fiery car crash north of Los Angeles has killed 40-year-old Paul Walker, the star of the 'Fast &... The free 3-D sound and light show 'Winter Sweet' will return to the facade of Boardwalk Hall at 6 p.

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will spend more than $180,000 to run a TV ad across Kentucky over the next 10 days promoting Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell as a champion for the state's coal industry.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he doesn't think much about his status as front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

Illinois Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, speaks with reporters at the Illinois State Capitol, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in Springfield, Ill.

Intelligence committee leaders in Congress warn that al Qaeda's network has strengthened over the past two years, creating new concern over the terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland.

The Port of Miami restored its rail connection, severed by a hurricane in 2005 with the first set of trains arriving back at the port October 1, 2013.

A House committee will hear testimony on whether century-old restrictions on building heights in the nation's capital should be relaxed.

The good news for Congress as it heads into the final workdays of the year is that, for the first time in five years, there are no edge-of-the-cliff December crises threatening to bring the country to its knees.