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Sen. Inouye hospitalized
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye has been hospitalized while doctors regulate his oxygen intake, said his office Monday.
Comedian Colbert tops S.C. Senate poll
Stephen Colbert for Senate? If South Carolinians had their way, the political satirist, South Carolina native and host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" would be the Palmetto State's next U.S. senator, a new poll shows.
Americans increasingly back compromise on fiscal cliff
The latest Gallup polling shows more Americans are ready to shunt principles aside and accept a compromise deal to head off the "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and automatic spending cuts looming at the beginning of January.
Justus Pickett, Makinton Dorleant leave Maryland football team
Pickett started four games as a sophomore
S.C. governor won't appoint placeholder for DeMint seat
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday she won't appoint a "placeholder" for the resigning Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, saying she wants her pick to be someone who would consider seeking re-election to the seat in 2014.
'Hairy' Reid envy
A foggy Monday in Washington left Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in an introspective mood Monday, as he opened the chamber's week by praising retiring Sen. Ben Nelson's hair.
Maryland plus-minus: South Carolina State
One post from Saturday's game, and let's move along
Navy linebacker Keegan Wetzel earns player of the week nod
Senior had 11 tackles and a sack against Army
Ousted Republican lawmaker wants committee posts back
Rep. Tim Huelskamp has formally written to House Speaker John A. Boehner asking him to reinstate the Kansas Republican to the House Agriculture and Budget committees after he and three other Republican lawmakers were dismissed from their assignments last week.
Obama mourns death of soldier who died rescuing doctor
President Obama is mourning the loss of a member of the U.S. special forces who died of wounds inflicted during a successful mission to rescue a doctor from the Taliban in Afghanistan over the weekend.
Obama and Boehner talk 'fiscal cliff' at the White House
President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner met one-on-one at the White House on Sunday in an attempt to hash out the details of a deal to avert falling off the so-called fiscal cliff.
Two GOP senators open to higher tax rates as part of 'fiscal cliff' deal
Two Republican senators on Sunday said they could support higher tax rates if Democrats will accept spending cuts on entitlements.
Rep. Cole: Obama needs Boehner more
If President Obama wants to get anything done in his second term in the White House, he needs to cut a deal with House Speaker John A. Boehner on the "fiscal cliff," Rep. Tom Cole said Sunday.
Army QB Trent Steelman ends superb career without a triumph over Navy
Senior started 46 games over last four seasons
Army-Navy: Mids add a year to decade of dominance with 17-13 win
Keenan Reynolds leads third comeback victory in Navy's last eight games
California state revenue misses projection by almost $1 billion
California Controllor John Chiang had troubling news for Gov. Jerry Brown and other leaders on Friday, announcing that tax revenues for the month of November in the state were almost $1 billion below projections.
Reid weighs in on the fight — Pacquiao-Marquez, not the 'fiscal cliff'
With just 23 days until the so-called "fiscal cliff" kicks in, Sen. Harry Reid was planning to take a break Saturday night with something less confrontational than the ongoing grappling with Republicans: The Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez welterweight fight.
DeMint eyeing a 2016 White House run?
The conservative website NewsMax has a story up on "the real reason" behind South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint's announcement that he is leaving the Senate in January: to lay the groundwork for a presidential bid in 2016.
Turgeon wants Pe'Shon Howard "to look for his shot a little bit more"
Junior guard hasn't made a field goal since before Thanksgiving
PICKET: Sec. Clinton to testify on Benghazi attack report
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican and Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement announcing that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify at an open hearing on the Benghazi attack report.
