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As the nation faces a political showdown over health-insurance reform, insurers worried that an overhaul could hurt their bottom line are funneling a wave of cash to members of Congress.

The White House wants to lift a Bush administration ban on federal agencies depositing tracking "cookies" on our computers when we visit U.S. government sites.

A tried-and-true lesson in deal making is a simple one: Don't show your hand.

Keeping the cards close to the vest can be a strategy for playing poker, buying a car or, it turns out, running the U.S. Senate.

With the weight of 250,000 unemployed Minnesotans resting on his shoulders, Anthony Alongi, director of the state's dislocated-worker program, has had one heck of a recession.

But neither Alongi nor the state's newly unemployed are getting much help from job-cutting companies or from a federal law that's supposed to ease the shock of big layoffs.

Try as they might, witnesses before a House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday simply could not get members excited about the specter of their own violent deaths.

Six women of note on Capitol Hill and environs are currently hobbled by fractures or other injuries to one or another of their extremities.

The latest to join the crutch-and-cast club is Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., who broke an ankle in three places when she stumbled walking down her Baltimore church's steps July 19.

A mistake on a government Web site made it appear $1.4 million was earmarked to repair a door at Dyess Air Force Base, an apparent allocation of taxpayers' money that triggered an outcry from budget hawks and conservative pundits.

Momentum is growing on Capitol Hill to provide additional and consistent support to primary caregivers of seriously injured service members from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A seemingly harmless breast cancer bill is proving once again that in Congress, few things are as simple as they appear.

This past week brought the conclusion of the Chu-Chu race, one of the greatest matchups in recent congressional politics.

A special election was held Tuesday in a Los Angeles-area district to fill the former seat of Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis, who was appointed by President Obama to be secretary of labor.