The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances

With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government's $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used

After months of maneuvering, the Senate stands at the brink of a historic battle over health care with President Barack Obama and his allies on one side and

Millions of "pink slips" have been sent to members of Congress by voters, according to the conservative WorldNetDaily Web site.

The Senate's top Democrat is poised to outline a new health care bill designed to meet President Barack Obama's goal of expanding coverage without adding to

President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorney General Eric Holder

Consumer advocates urged Congress to move forward on legislation to curb bank practices under which a cup of coffee bought with an overextended debit card can

With Cyber Monday nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription

More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits,

Attorney General Eric Holder is defending his decision to put the professed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial in New York — and urging critics of the plan not to

West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history Wednesday, a milestone to be marked with a morning of Senate

A senior House Democrat said Tuesday the government didn't force Bank of America to take over Merrill Lynch, but Republicans charged that a committee inquiry

Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to

Americans are worried about the fine print in the health care overhaul, an Associated Press poll says, and those concerns are creating new challenges for