The top Democrat in the Senate says lawmakers won’t vote until after August on health care, a blow to President Barack Obama’s ambitious timetable.

Gun control proponents scored a rare victory as the Senate rejected the carrying of concealed weapons across state lines.

President Barack Obama is set to pitch his healthcare plan to the American people, Wednesday night, in a primetime news conference. It’ll be on WJBF News Channel 6 at 8:00 p.m. Let us know if you agree with the President’s handling of the healthcare issue in our web poll.

President Barack Obama has hailed the Senate’s decision to stop additional production of F-22 fighter jets, saying the move will “better protect our troops.“

President Barack Obama is declining to take a surtax off the table in the escalating debate over how to pay for a new health care system that would cover millions of uninsured people.

An aide to Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins says Collins will vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

The abortion rights group NARAL ProChoice America says it’s endorsing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Fed will be able to reel in its extraordinary economic stimulus and prevent a flare up of inflation when the recovery is more firmly rooted.

A federal judge has ruled that CIA officials committed fraud to protect a former covert agent against a lawsuit. According to court documents unsealed Monday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth referred one CIA attorney for disciplinary action. The judge also is considering sanctions against five other current and former CIA employees, including former CIA Director George Tenet.

The Senate’s top Republican will vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. A senior aide says Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell plans to announce his opposition to President Barack Obama’s high court nominee on Monday.

The House Ways and Means Committee has passed legislation to revamp health care, approving tax increases on the wealthy to help pay for the plan.

A Republican senator is appealing to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to recognize the nature of the enemy as the country considers how to prosecute detainees from the war on terror.

A Republican critic of Sonia Sotomayor says he’s feeling more comfortable about her going to the Supreme Court, saying he hopes she won’t let personal opinions drive her rulings.

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he’ll set a vote in his panel next week on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

We have the latest developments from the second day in the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

House Democrats want to require individuals and employers to get health insurance, or pay a penalty. For individuals, the penalty would be 2.5 percent of income, but it could go no higher than the average cost of health insurance.

President Barack Obama says unemployment is likely to tick up for several months as the economy recovers from its deepest downturn in decades.

Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever. The imbalance is intensifying fears about higher interest rates and inflation, and already pressuring the value of the dollar.

Sen. John McCain wants to remove the $1.75 billion recently inserted into the proposed 2010 defense budget for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.

Government officials say the secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and kill or capture al-Qaida leaders at close range rather than target them with air strikes.

In the glare of bright lights, Sen. Patrick Leahy called to order confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor that she hopes will make history and knows will be closely followed by millions. We will have more information as it becomes available.

Vice President Joe Biden has announced a White House deal with the hospitals to help pay for President Barack Obama’s overhaul of health care.

President Barack Obama is leaving Russia with a call for Russians to move beyond Cold War thinking and work with the United States on common goals.

President Barack Obama says he is “not reconciled” to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year.

The Obama administration says it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency’s secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.

President Barack Obama has called Michael Jackson a great entertainer and says “I still have all his stuff on my iPod.“

President Barack Obama is telling the Associated Press that he always has reserved the right to adjust the U.S. troop withdrawal timetable in Iraq based on changing circumstances. But he says he’s confident the U.S. will be able to abide by agreements it made with Iraqis.

President Barack Obama is standing by his opposition to caps on jury awards to people who successfully sue for medical malpractice. But Obama also told a town hall meeting on health policy that he is sensitive to the complaints of doctors and other health care professionals that the threat of lawsuits is harming the profession and driving up costs.

President Barack Obama says the biblical command to “love thy neighbor as thyself” is as pertinent now as ever.

President Barack Obama is offering a broad-scale overhaul of the financial system, saying hard times struck largely because a post-Depression era business regulatory scheme couldn’t keep up with an increasingly global economy.