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Mitt Romney continued his blitz against President Barack Obama over the federal deficit on Tuesday, signaling a GOP shift away from social issues and back to what Republicans consider the president's Achilles' heel: the economy.

Americans needing health insurance or disability services could be overlooked by their local governments if a bill now being considered by the Senate passes. It would eliminate a survey that some call a vital source of information about health indicators of millions of Americans, but which House Republicans say is too expensive and raises privacy concerns.

President Obama and Mitt Romney may have different political and economic views, but they are both propped up by highly affluent power brokers who are expecting big returns for the big checks they are writing.

President Obama has taken up a cause rejected by the majority of Americans, who have never supported same-sex marriage in a state referendum.

Sen. Mark Warner urges grads to give mom a call and Secretary Clinton answers one more question about the presidency.

Ever since George Washington took office with horses and hounds in tow, presidents have welcomed animals into their lives. A lot of animals. And public dust-ups about the First Pets -- especially dogs -- go way back.

With their eyes on winning control of the U.S. Senate in November, Republicans will be looking Tuesday to primaries for Nevada's open seat, where the yet-to-be-decided Republican candidate is already favored over the former senator expected to win the Democratic nod.

In an unusual message to the Supreme Court, a leading Democratic senator urged the court to "do the right thing" and uphold the health care reform law championed by President Obama and congressional Democrats.

While John Edwards' lawyers have not yet made a decision whether to put the former presidential candidate on the stand in his corruption trial, Edwards' oldest daughter, Cate, is expected to testify this week, possibly as early as Tuesday.

The Colorado legislature met Monday in extraordinary session to consider a number of bills that were not brought to the floor last week, chief among them a civil-unions bill that has strong bipartisan support.

Michele Flournoy says Congress must show discipline, pragmatism to reach a budget deal that heads off across-board defense cuts

A House Armed Services Committee member is taking the obscure concept of "sequestration" to the streets, kicking off a nationwide tour Monday to discuss the potential $1 trillion in automatic cuts looming over the defense budget.

Even as his campaign portrays him as a champion of the middle class and a crusader to keep Wall Street from melting down as it did three years ago, President Barack Obama was set to leave New York Monday with a sizable haul of cash from industries whose excesses he decries from the stump.

David Frum agrees with political observers that the GOP's extremism and obstructionism is at the core of today's dysfunctional government.

Michael Dorf and Sidney Tarrow say a back-burner issue for LGBT community became a rallying cry for gay activisits only when conservatives brought their opposition to the national stage

President Barack Obama touched on his recent announcement of support for same-sex marriage, saying at a New York City fundraising event Monday that he believes marriage equality "strengthens families."

Julian Zelizer says Mitt Romney is facing a challenge in determining what his relationship should be with the tea party Republicans

JPMorgan Chase announced last week that it lost $2 billion as the result of some complicated hedge fund trading, which according to its top executive is apparently not as bad as it sounds.

"Saturday Night Live" takes on President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden regarding same-sex marriage.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the prostitution scandal involving U.S. military and Secret Service agents in Colombia.