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House Republicans crafted legislation today that would authorize the U.S. military's continued involvement in the NATO-led campaign in Libya, heading off a rising wave of dissent from lawmakers seeking an end to the conflict.

Democrat Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the newest member of Congress Wednesday, pledging to work with the GOP to solve the nation's problems.

Members of the House Judiciary Committee said they were skeptical that AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile would benefit consumers, and that they feared it would mean higher prices for wireless service.

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that 22-year-old shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people and seriously wounded Congress woman Gabrielle Giffords, was mentally unfit to stand trial. The ruling came after staff psychologist at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners and a forensic psychiatrist certified that the Arizona killer was not mentally stable.

The latest round of deficit talks between the White House and Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, the negotiations are focusing on getting at least 1trillion dollars in the spending cuts.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress sought to resell America on Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress today that while he is willing to cede symbolically charged Israeli land to the Palestinians, Jerusalem is off the table.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress in a speech on Tuesday that Israel was willing to 'make painful compromises to achieve this historical peace. As the leader of Israel, it is my responsibility, he said according to Reuters.com.

Rare color photos from the Great Depression and World War II that may give you a glimpse of the taste of what it was like in the 30s and 40s- decades that were normally known and seen only in black-and-white pictures.

President Barack Obama's new plan to expand oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska is an attempt to deflate Republican criticism that he's not doing enough to expand drilling and appeal to voters as they struggle with high energy cost.

The threat that the U.S. federal government won’t be able to pay all of its bills by its already extended Aug. 2 looms large, but Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has another warning: If the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling isn’t raised, seniors reliant on Social Security and Medicare are to be worried about.

The Trinamool Congress is headed for a historic win after establishing leads in 215 of the 294 seats in West Bengal as per the latest reports.

The White House on Thursday pressed Congress to pass strong cybersecurity measures to protect consumers' personal information and safeguard the nation's financial system and electric power grid from potentially devastating attacks.

U.S. financial regulators, under pressure from a deeply divided Congress, pledged to follow through with a crackdown on Wall Street and the banking business, but to take enough time to get it right.

U.S. rules on the trading of private securities will be the subject of a hearing on Tuesday by lawmakers concerned that the regulations may be stifling the formation of capital.

Congress members slammed Apple after the company released its official response to revelations that its devices are tracking user movements.

Lawmakers extended their probe into location tracking on mobile devices this week, asking Apple Inc and other developers to divulge how they use location data and scheduling a separate hearing on mobile privacy.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's statements on Sunday that Congress will raise the U.S. debt ceiling in the coming months are in line with separate recently-proposed long-term plans by the Democratic and Republican leadership in Congress and the White House to increase the debt by trillions of dollars in the next decade.

President Barack Obama will announce later this week deficit reduction targets and a timeline to reach them, White House adviser David Plouffe said on Sunday.

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struck a last-minute budget deal on Friday, narrowly averting a government shutdown that would have idled hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a last-minute budget deal on Friday, averting a government shutdown that would have idled hundreds of thousands of federal workers.