Anthony Weiner and Wolf Blitzer's Very Awkward Encounter
CNN's lead political anchor asks: "You would know if these were your underpants?"
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Due to vague guidelines, security guards at the Capitol spend a lot of time making judgment calls on clothing.
CNN's lead political anchor asks: "You would know if these were your underpants?"
These days it seems like Congress only wants to vote on bills it's sure will fail
D.C. journalists are already taking sides
Lawmakers fear hackers--and gaffes, and just looking silly
The Twitter hacking scandal flared up again, and it was largely his fault
Netanyahu wants the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel and shun Hamas
Mitch McConnell acknowledges that the vote is "the point of maximum leverage"
Obama's speech on the Arab Spring arrives one day before the War Powers Resolution deadline
Koreans, Jews, bloggers all scandalized--and boom, publicity!
Boehner has long just wanted to talk, truthfully (and sometimes seriously)
Cartoonist Tom Toles on why Congress is not commander-in-chief
Congressman wants a better way to police White House staffer's Gmails
John Conyers wants to end the Iraq and Afghan wars; Pakistan aid questioned
Partisan maneuvering focuses on voting on budgets no one expects to pass
As predicted, Obama's original birth certificate has settled nothing for die-hards
Those seeking benefits will have their names run through a terrorist watch list
The senator has his Planned Parenthood remark stricken from the congressional record
The senator battled controversy after admitting to an affair with staffer's wife
Once said to behave like a "precocious teen," Gingrich is now compared to an infant
The Gulf is still oily, the politicians paid, and off-shore drilling more popular than ever
Guess who's the only person we found quoting her in the Congressional Record?
Wonks comb through the 'Path to Prosperity' for the first time
A snapshot of the reactions to Paul Ryan's proposed trillions in budget cuts
On protecting Africa from Chinese interests, keeping nuclear power out of Iran's hands, and revamping medical malpractice reform
Talks are breaking down over how to fund the government for the last six months of the year
Lawmakers have till April 8 to make a deal, but they can't even agree on where to begin
Lugar demands Congress have a say in U.S.-Libyan actions
Douglas Hampton is facing seven charges stemming from affair probe
Votes to prohibits local stations from using federal funds to buy NPR content, but bill has little chance in the Senate
Republicans wants an end to compostable utensils and a return to styrofoam
Faced with the option of losing now or losing later, the Tea Party will choose the latter--by forcing a government shutdown
Turning the proasic into partisan: every second Congress or Obama wastes is a shame
All 31 GOP committee members also voted to say they don't believe in global warming
Pundits, as ever, waste no time using the massive tragedy to score a few political points
Howard Kurtz mistook Kurt Bardella, who was fired last week, for his boss
No Democrats voted for the legislation, despite pressure on moderates to curb spending
A budget deal must be made by March 18 to avoid a government shutdown
House speaker says Republicans are ready to trim popular entitlement programs
Rep. Darrell Issa's spokesman, Kurt Bardella, was fired for sharing reporters emails
The Senate is set to approve a stopgap bill passed by the House on Tuesday night
Staffer Kurt Bardella shared messages from journalists with Mark Leibovich, who's writing a book about Washington's "culture of self-love"
New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt beat Watson, the IBM supercomputer, at Jeopardy!
Issa was supposed to be investigating the administration, but the congressman's own staffer Kurt Bardella has made a few enemies in the press
A new poll finds that no one really stands to gain politically
Really? The House oversight committee chair is not tackling the conservative red meat that many expected
Pundits offer explanations for the finding in National Journal's analysis of Senate votes
If the White House and House Republicans can't agree on a budget before March 4, the government will shut down. Who stands to benefit from all this brinkmanship?
There goes another one
On the latest try, Republicans passed a short-term extension of the surveillance program
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