Politics

(CNN) -- The U.S. military is dropping its longstanding exclusion of women from combat units, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday, calling...

(CNN) -- On one side were pegboard panels mounted with various assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons -- including a Bushmaster similar to the...

(CNN) -- The Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate have agreed on language reforming filibusters, and after presenting the proposal to...

Following President Obama's call to action on climate in his inaugural address this week, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) and Rep. Henry Waxman (CA-33)...

As residual excitement from the second inauguration of President Barack Obama continues to flow through Black America, or rather the 95 percent who voted for him in the 2012 election, there are a growing number of Black conservatives quietly strategizing on the most effective methods to broaden a ...

(CNNMoney) -- The House on Wednesday passed the "No Budget, No Pay Act," a Republican bill that would effectively defuse the debt...

(CNN) -- At times angry and choked with emotion, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took on Republican critics of her...

As crowds descended and the inauguration unfolded, a few museum curators in Washington kept watch for symbols and messages that would make history. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will open during P ...

In 2009, the nation marveled at this country’s first African-American President, after a stunning win against then-Republican presidential nominee John McCain. ...

(CNN) -- Joe Biden was sworn in on Sunday to a second term as vice president, hours before President Barack Obama was to...