Politics

(CNN) -- If a Senate deal to avert the fiscal cliff becomes law, all but a sliver of the U.S. population will...

(AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday. Reines says Clinton is being treated with ...

(CNN) -- Is it political theater or a true last-ditch effort to avoid the fiscal cliff? President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will...

(CNN) -- In an effort to end an impasse over taxes, President Barack Obama plans to send Congress a scaled-back proposal Thursday to...

Many people who endorsed President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race did so not simply because they preferred his policies, but because Mitt Romney seemed more interested in having the job than doing the job, to paraphrase Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick at the Democratic National Convention: Well, it seems that we had Mittens all ...

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama is ending his Hawaiian vacation Wednesday to make a late-hour bid to reach a fiscal-cliff deal before the...

Lawmakers from both parties voiced their willingness Sunday to pursue some changes to the nation’s gun laws, but adamant opposition from the National Rifle Association has made clear than any such effort will face significant obstacles. ...

(CNN) -- A year ago, President Barack Obama was under fire. Today, he is being feted. In just 12 months, the 51-year-old lawyer...

(CNN) -- Republicans on Sunday were reticent in voicing support for the National Rifle Association's scheme to place guards with firearms in American schools,...

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the National Rifle Association, which leads the pro-gun lobby in the United States, "has members who are mothers and fathers" likely impacted by the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 young children. The nation will have a set of recommendations to address widespread gun violence within weeks, President Obama announced Wednesday. Vice President Joe Obama will lead an inter-agency group to come up with "concrete proposals no later than January -- proposals that I then intend to push without delay," the president said.