WASHINGTON - Maine resident Jennifer Benner first got an inkling they were on a different sort of White House public tour Thursday when they spotted video cameras and the guide told them to prepare for a "nice surprise." Michelle Obama exchanged high-fiv

WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill negotiators Thursday officially unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to prevent 160 million workers from getting slapped with a payroll tax hike, but it ran into turbulence in the Senate, where Republicans withheld suppor

WASHINGTON — Mainer Jennifer Benner first got an inkling she and her family were on an extraordinary White House public tour when they spotted the video cameras in the Blue Room and were told by a guide to prepare themselves for a "nice surprise." For mo

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government’s huge health benefit programs,

Incumbent Democrats Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kuinich don't have just each other to worry about as they face off in the March 6th primary. 29 year-old Graham Veysey, who grew up in Shaker Heights and now lives in Cleveland, is also chasing the nomination i

Maine does not like to do things by the book. The state’s officeholders include two fairly conventional liberal Democrats, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud; two extremely moderate Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins; and