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By Kathleen Hennessey, Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times
Hours after Congress and the White House agreed that a yet-unformed "super committee" from the House and Senate should decide how to slash...
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times
A Colorado congressman and a prominent television commentator have backtracked after using racially tinged language — "tar baby" and...
By Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
At the wildly popular Nordic Fest parade in this bucolic college town, the "Wizard of Oz"-themed float trundling in front of Newt Gingrich...
By James Oliphant, Los Angeles Times
Despite Gabrielle Giffords' surprising and triumphant return to the House floor to cast a vote in favor of the debt ceiling compromise, it...
By David Lauter, Washington Bureau
High-stakes negotiations force people to reveal what they really care about, and in the 11th-hour deal to stave off a federal financial...
By Kathleen Hennessey, Lisa Mascaro and Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau
A bipartisan bill to increase the nation's debt limit and cut as much as $2.4 trillion in government spending passed the House of...
By Paul West and Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times
The almost unanimous opposition by Republican presidential contenders to Washington's bipartisan debt limit deal reflects the pull of...
By Michael A. Memoli
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) returned to Congress Monday for the first time since she was critically wounded during a January...
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
Michele Bachmann showed up an hour late to sell herself to voters gathered at the town library the other day. Some had already walked out of...
By Matea Gold, Melanie Mason and Kim Geiger, Washington Bureau
The vast majority of big-money bundlers who power political fundraising are sitting out the 2012 presidential contest so far, a reflection...
By Shane Goldmacher, Washington Bureau
As House Speaker John A. Boehner battled to quell unrest among conservatives before a major vote, one of his most prominent members,...
By Matea Gold, Washington Bureau
County registrar offices across California on Thursday will begin receiving the product of an audacious enterprise — nearly 1.6...
By Lisa Mascaro and Kathleen Hennessey, Washington Bureau
As the debt ceiling standoff veers toward potential crisis, House Speaker John A. Boehner finds himself on a path that could end one of...
Times staff and wire reports
Sen. John McCain on Wednesday took on conservatives reluctant to raise the national debt ceiling, calling them "tea party hobbits" and...
By Faye Fiore, Los Angeles Times
This upscale mall in the suburbs of northern Virginia is just 13 miles from the nation's capital. But in the eyes of people here trying to...
By Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times
Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon announced Tuesday that he would resign from Congress, following allegations of sexual misconduct with a...
By Michael A. Memoli, Washington Bureau
Congressional offices were deluged with feedback Tuesday after President Obama urged Americans to make their voices heard on the...