CONGRESS

During his visit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Pope Frances met with President Barack Obama.

"High and rising debt harms the economy, and it will impose a large burden on future taxpayers," a report titled "Washington's Largest Monument: Government Debt" contends.

Two dozen Democrats broke with the president and joined Republicans in voting against the deal. The vote was largely a symbolic one.

Senate Democrats blocked a Republican resolution to reject the Obama administration’s agreement with Tehran.

The GOP has threatened to push for cutting off the group's federal support, perhaps tying that demand to several must-pass tax-and-spending measures.

Retired generals and flag officers from every branch of service signed the letter to Congress on Wednesday.

A newly obtained legal opinion from 2003 shows how the Bush administration viewed its duty to keep Congress informed.

The budget shortfall is predicted to drop in the next two years, then more than double by 2025.

The Associated Press reports that a side agreement with Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency might not include inspectors.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said Israel and the United States may never convince each other on the Iran deal.

Allegations that Putin met with a Quds Force commander come as Obama compares GOP to such hardliners.

Conservative opposition in the House keeps the Export-Import Bank's renewal in limbo.

The accord with Tehran is the only "viable solution" to the Iranian nuclear issue, the U.S. secretary of state tells the Foreign Relations Committee.

The presidential candidate, who recently claimed to be worth $9 billion, now tells federal officials he's worth $10 billion.

"I hope that Obama will study the reality of Iranian activity in the region and begin to push back against Iran’s ambitions with more alacrity than ... so far."

As Iranian nuclear negotiations seem closer than ever, Netanyahu maintains his opposition.

Lawmakers in the Golden State have proposed a program that would allow farmworkers and their families to work and live in the U.S.

It'll be the first time they've revamped the education law in 14 years.

Renewing the bank should be a textbook example of bipartisan cooperation. But as of Wednesday morning, there is no more Ex-Im Bank.

The bank gives low-interest loans to foreign buyers of U.S. goods, while domestic rivals of those foreign buyers borrow at market rates.

President Obama spoke about shaping public opinion about gun violence on Friday in San Francisco.