Congressional Republicans are vowing to block the Obama administration from sharply cutting the U.S. nuclear force, calling potential reductions of as much as 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons "reckless lunacy." Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. , issue

With help from Matt DoBias, Brett Norman, Kate Nocera and Jennifer Haberkorn TODAY: WE HAVE A DEAL?!– Look for complete details of the conferees’ deal to be made public today. We already know this much: The SGR will be paid for through a combination of b

MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD: President Obama signed the four-year Federal Aviation Administration bill on Tuesday, but he likely won’t do the same for the House’s five-year, $260 billion surface transportation proposal, citing unhappiness with many of the tr

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Tuesday bashed the House’s transportation bill as a “love note to the tea party.” Reid said that former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower wouldn’t recognize the GOP bill, which would sever a link between fed

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, who had been a Rick Perry supporter before he dropped out of the race, had some kind words for Rick Santorum in an interview on Aaron Klein's show on WABC radio. "In terms of the candidates that are there right now I’d certainly

The original mandate would have required employers, including religiously affiliated schools, hospitals and social service agencies, to offer, without co-pays, all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, among them "emergency contraception" such as Plan B an