Dan Rivoli

A Wisconsin state lawmaker Wednesday proposed a plan to scrap the winner-take-all system of allocating presidential electoral votes.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's popularity has fueled speculation that she will be President Barack Obama's running mate in 2012.

The American Civil Liberties Union Thursday filed a class action suit to block South Carolina's anti-immigration law from going into effect next year, arguing that the law is unconstitutional and will lead to the detention of Hispanics. The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing South Carolina's law, slated to go into effect Jan. 1.

Albert Florence, mistakenly arrested over an unpaid fine, sued two New Jersey county jails for violating his constitutional rights when he was strip searched.

Mayor Linda Thompson says City Council has no authority to file a bankruptcy petition for Harrisburg.

President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan on Tuesday received support from a majority of senators, but Republicans were able to sustain a filibuster with the help of two Democrats.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case from a gay couple who tried to get listed as the fathers of their adopted son on his Louisiana birth certificate.

After declining to run for president Oct. 4, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will reportedly endorse Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, which challenged a ruling that gave convicted cop killer and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal a new sentencing hearing.

Liberty University, a Christian college Jerry Falwell founded, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

While its not yet clear who make up the supporters of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement, the young adults who populate the demonstrations face a high unemployment rate and massive debt.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a double-digit lead over his Republican presidential primary rivals in New Hampshire, two new polls show.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a Staten Island Republican, is the second ally of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to endorse Mitt Romney for president.

U.S. Department of Justice has asked an appeals court to expedite its bid for an injunction against Alabama's immigration law.

Herman Cain got a lot of attention when a poll from Zogby showed him with a 20-percentage-point lead over his closest Republican presidential rival last week. But Americans don't know much about him or the rest of the GOP field.

Federal U.S. attorneys in California said that illegal dispensaries and growing operations have proliferated in the state.

Alabama agricultural commissioner suggests using prisoners to fill void migrant laborers left due to the tough anti-immigration law. A similar program in Georgia failed to fix farmers' problem.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warned Republicans about delaying the confirmation of a director to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

President Barack Obama held a Thursday press conference urging Congress to pass his jobs bill. A vote is scheduled in the Senate for next week.

President Barack Obama says Occupy Wall Street protests giving voice to financial system frustration.

During a press conference Thursday, Obama said that Americans will continue to express their anger at the two sets of rules for Wall Street and everyone else: You're still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly, trying to fight efforts to crack down on abusive practices that got us in the problem in the first place.

The Massachusetts Republican U.S. senator, who once posed shirtless for Cosmopolitan magazine to pay for law school, was responding to Warren's comment that I kept my clothes on to pay tuition bills.

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer give rare testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee Wednesday.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia blames the glut of laws that put state cases, like routine drug offenses, in federal jurisdiction.

A five percent tax surcharge on millionaires and billionaires would replace more unpalatable provisions President Barack Obama suggested to pay for his $447 billion jobs package.

A five percent tax surcharge on the wealthiest that Senate Democrats propose would cover President Barack Obama's roughly $450 billion jobs package.

U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., criticized the influence anti-tax activist Grover Norquist has on Washington.

Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin bested Republican businessman Bill Maloney in a special election.

Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican, decried partisanship in Washington in a speech on the Senate floor.