W By Jonathan Weisman The Washington Post ASHINGTON - With congressional negotiations at an impasse and time running out, nearly 1 million jobless workers will almost certainly lose their federal unemployment...

W By Thomas B. Edsall The Washington Post ASHINGTON - Four campaign finance advocacy groups filed a formal complaint Thursday with the Federal Election Commission accusing officials of both parties and...

Citing low numbers of female candidates for public office, the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs' Center on Women and Public Policy organized a panel of four female politicians Wednesday "to try to...

W By Janet Hook Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - The Senate passed a bill Tuesday night that keeps the government's domestic programs running through mid-January at current spending levels, a stopgap budget...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was voted minority leader in the U.S. House on Nov. 17, livening up the lame duck congressional session and inciting discourse about the future of the Democratic Party and...

W By Nick Anderson Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - The Senate overwhelmingly approved the most sweeping government shake-up in a half-century on Tuesday, passing a bill that will create a new Cabinet department...

Cuba's highest-ranking diplomat in the United States told a University audience Monday that Cuba is willing to cooperate with the United States on many issues, despite current U.S. policy. "We do think...

W By Maura Reynolds and James Gerstenzang Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - Less than two weeks after the remarkable GOP victory in the congressional elections, President Bush and the hard-core conservatives...

Governor-elect Tim Pawlenty pledged Friday to support affordable housing development in Minnesota, despite the state's ongoing budget shortfall. "We will continue to elevate affordable housing as an important...

Students taking Internet-based distance-learning courses would have a better chance of getting federal financial aid under a bill currently before a Senate committee. The U.S. House passed the Internet...