Connecticut native Ralph Nader says he is "absorbing" reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the Senate.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will refile tax information to clear an IRS lien for nearly $80,000 after a celebrity Web site posted an IRS document showing Schwarzenegger owed the money, his spokesman said Friday. The Web site TMZ.com

Conservative activists in the Republican Party are pushing a proposal to deny funding to GOP candidates who fail what is being called a purity test, a move that is being met with skepticism by some Republican commentators.

The Secret Service has launched an investigation into the security breach and has not ruled out filing criminal charges against the couple

First lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, received the official White House Christmas tree on Friday: an 18 1/2-foot Douglas fir delivered from a farm in Shepherdstown, W.Va., by traditional horse-drawn carriage.

The Senate is set to begin debate Monday on its version of a sweeping legislation to remake the U.S. health care system, a showdown likely to last for weeks.

The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban unlawful Internet gambling.

New transcripts from the Northwest Airlines flight that overflew Minneapolis show air traffic controllers asking the crew about what happened, and whether they had enough fuel.

The new rules -- set to take effect Dec. 1 -- came after repeated protests from The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Washington-based atheist group, over holiday décor inside Capitol campus buildings in Olympia.

The divorce rate in the U.S. armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the country's ninth year at war.

The controversy over state dinner crashers, Michael and Tareq Salahi, has prompted the White House to order a "full review" of the incident to find out how the Secret Service allowed such a security breach

President Obama is days away from announcing a new Afghan strategy, but his immediate battle could come from liberals within his own party who are vowing to "spank" the president for committing tens of thousands of more troops to the

The northern Virginia socialite couple now being investigated by the Secret Service for crashing President Obama's first state dinner on Tuesday were reportedly "cleared" to attend by the White House, their attorney claims.

The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons.