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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Rep...
By TROY MCMULLEN (ABC News) -- Roger Ebert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic who reached celebrity status in the 1980'...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota fired Tubby Smith on Monday, cutting ties with the veteran coach one day after the Golden ...
A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerba...
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Drew Peterson — the swaggering former suburban Chicago police officer who gained notoriety af...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell by 27,000 last week, an indication that hirin...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The plague of gun violence makes it plain that current firearms restrictions are insufficient and new...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marco Rubio is taking center stage as Republicans search for a new leader.In the nearly 100 days sinc...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan quartet of senators, including two National Rifle Association members and two with "...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotiona...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public suppo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhau...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of stud...
TAMPA (AP) -- Indiana's recently ousted state school superintendent was hired Wednesday as Florida's new education co...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANONov. 28, 2012The allure of the record $500 million Powerball jackpot has led to long lines across th...
By MARK GREENBLATT/ABC NEWSNov. 26, 2012Jason Sobek says he left his job as admissions supervisor at the nation's second-...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Notre Dame is No. 1 and Alabama is No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, moving to the top of...
By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm)Nov. 12, 2012Retailers are pushing the envelope again this Thanksgiving with earlier store openings, b...
By JOHN PARKINSON/ABC NEWSWASHINGTON, Nov 6, 2012House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican colleagues will secure enough ...
from ABC NewsOn the eve of the first presidential debate, the conservative website The Daily Caller Tuesday circulated previo...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama and Mitt Romney are going camping. With less than 72 hours to go until Wednesday night's deb...
By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm)Sept. 24, 2012Discover Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Consumer Financi...
from ABC NewsRepublican vice presidential nominee received a warm welcome from his GOP colleagues when he made his first retu...
from ABC NewsFormer Illinois cop Drew Peterson was found guilty today of killing his wife, Kathleen Savio, and making it look...
from ABC NewsThe remnants of Tropical Storm Isaac could bring welcome rain to some states in the Midwest this week, although ...
from ABC NewsRemember when suitcases had to be carried instead of rolled? Or when an airline ticket was a booklet of pages se...
from ABC NewsChris Christie, the sometimes abrasive but always entertaining governor of New Jersey, is set to be announced Tu...
By ABC NEWS/KEVIN DOLAKAug. 7, 2012An Amazon executive who was allegedly swindled out of $165,000 by a con man claiming t...
body { top: 3px; text-align: left; }Aug. 2, 2012 — preseason pollRank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Final 2011...
from ABC NewsThe doctor for Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who has been missing fromCongress on medical leave for the past month, f...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney today regained some of his footing as the leader of the Republican race for the presidential nominat...
from ABC NewsThe GOP primary has begun to resemble a tennis match in the past month. Mitt Romney will take one victory, Rick ...
from ABC NewsIt isn’t exactly Super Tuesday today, but the four candidates for the Republican nomination for president ...
from ABC NewsAt least 12 people are dead after 15 tornadoes blew through the Midwest overnight, according to authorities, and...
from CNNThe U.S. Postal Service announced on Thursday new plans to consolidate or close 223 mail processing plants, putting 3...
from ABC NewsHere are some things to watch for this evening during the State of the Union [SOTU] address:Date Night — A...
From ABCNewsSears Holdings Corp. said Tuesday it will close 100 to 120 of its full-line Sears and Kmart stores as it struggle...
