During the memorable summer of 1969, men walked on the moon and the Stonewall Riot in Greenwich Village inspired the gay-rights movement.

The last few weeks of the lame-duck session have dragged on for Artur Davis, who has had little say during the final weeks of his congressional career.

One week after the incoming chairman of a key congressional subcommittee told HUMAN EVENTS he plans to introduce the Stupak-Pitts amendment as separate legislation, the White House won’t say whether the president …

The Senate failed to overcome a bipartisan filibuster against the DREAM Act Saturday, by a vote of 55 to 41, just five short of the 60 needed to advance the immigration bill to …

CNN plans to host a Republican presidential primary debate next year with Tea Party Express, a political action committee that featured Sarah Palin at its events and is now raising money for a new advertising …

In a 119-61 caucus vote Thursday evening, Democrats made the unusual move of confirming Rep. Elijah Cummings as ranking member of the House Government Reform Committee.

As President Obama prepared to sign his $858 billion tax deal Friday, White House aides moved quickly to soothe the anger among liberal constituency groups that bitterly opposed the measure.

The defeat of a pork-laden $1.1 trillion “omnibus” spending bill in the Senate Thursday night was the first serious indication after the Nov. 2 election that the Tea Party movement has staying power and …

President Obama may have scored a big political victory with Congress’s passage of his $858 billion tax compromise with Republicans.

A deal struck by President Barack Obama and Republicans to extend expiring tax cuts for millions of Americans and stimulate the sluggish U.S. economy got the needed majority of votes for passage in the …