President Barack Obama sternly proclaimed ratification of the U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty "a national security imperative" Thursday, saying the Senate must act before Congress goes home for the year.

President Barack Obama took aim Saturday at Republican senators standing in the way of a nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia, saying they were abandoning Ronald Reagan's lesson of nuclear diplomacy: "Trust but verify."

President Barack Obama took aim Saturday at Republican senators standing in the way of a nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia, saying they were abandoning Ronald Reagan's lesson of nuclear diplomacy: "Trust but verify."

Democrats controlling the House may try to revive a long-stalled jobless aid bill next week.

A retired Army general who drew criticism for church speeches casting the war on terrorism in religious terms is one of the GOP's witnesses against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

GOP and conservative groups attacking nominee's stance on legal issues

Kagan makes her case for a spot on the Supreme Court in hearings beginning Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kagan has never served as a judge, so don't look for opinions to analyze.

Republicans in the Senate have defeated an election-year bill to continue weekly jobless benefits for millions of long-term unemployed workers.

Carrie Severino of the conservative Judicial Crisis Network has watched the money come in waves. It spiked when President Barack Obama nominated Elena Kagan to succeed Justice John Paul, and when Kagan started making news on Capitol Hill.

John McCain's Republican primary challenger said he regrets taping an infomercial on behalf of a company accused of taking advantage of consumers.

Senate hopeful Linda McMahon jokingly calls her former job as the CEO of a wrestling empire a "regular job" and calls the televised brawls a soap opera.

With the scrawl of a pen, GOP Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona awakened the dormant but explosive issue of illegal immigration, sending shock waves across the political spectrum in an election year when both parties had hoped to sidestep the topic.