Barack and Michelle Obama, and Joe and Jill Biden announced on Tuesday that 290,000 veterans and military spouses have been hired or trained in the last year and a half. But as more troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the work is far from finished. Read More

As he was walking out of a press conference Tuesday, the president returned to speak movingly about the significance of Jason Collins' decision to come out as gay. Read More

Air traffic controller furloughs ended late Sunday night, easing flight delays for wealthy travelers, business executives, and, yes, members of Congress. But now the White House is calling on lawmakers to act on other programs hurt by the sequester. Read More

NBA center Jason Collins became the first male athlete in a major pro-sport to come out as gay on Monday. "I'm happy to start the conversation," he said. Read More

The Boy Scouts are proposing to allow gays boy in their troops--but not as leaders. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't objecting. Read More

"As long as we've got to fight to protect a woman's right to make her own choices about her own health, I want you to know that you've also got a president who's going to be right there with you fighting every step of the way," said President Obama in his address to Planned Parenthood Friday. Read More

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Thursday--four decades after the fist time legislation banning discrimination against gay employees was introduced. Congress still hasn't passed it. Read More

The House of Representatives voted to approve a bill Wednesday that honors four girls killed for the color of their skin with a Congressional Gold Medal. Read More

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano mounted a full-throated defense of a comprehensive immigration reform bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee as lawmakers pressed to find what role, if any, immigration laws played in last week’s Boston marathon bombing. Read More

State Sen. Kelvin Atkinson announced for the first time that he is gay shortly before the Nevada Senate passed a resolution that would repeal state's ban on gay marriage. Read More

Because flying was just too much fun before? The sequester kicked in: longer lines, canceled flights. Read More

In a controversial resolution released Friday, the Boy Scouts of America proposed lifting its ban on gay Scouts while continuing to prohibit gay adult leaders. Read More

To those who knew him, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was happy to pose as a fighter. The 26-year-old suspect in the Boston bombing was a prize-winning heavyweight boxer who harbored hopes of competing for the United States at the Olympics. Read More

After months of meetings, headbutting, and ultimately, compromise, the Gang of Eight's 844-page answer to the nation's broken immigration system gets tepid reactions. But is something better than nothing? Read More

Time magazine unveils its annual list of the 100 most influential people in world, including Wayne LaPierre and Sens. Rand Paul and Tom Coburn, who both voted against the Manchin-Toomey amendment. Do guns buy you influence? Read More

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The National Rifle Association spent half a million dollars on an ad attacking Obama's gun control push on the day the Senate is set to vote on nine amendments to firearm legislation. Read More

As the people of Boston begin to heal following the attack on their city’s marathon, people from all over the world (and even outside of it) are showing support. Read More

Out of horrific events like Monday's attack in Boston come tales of kindness and compassion. Here's one of the them. Read More

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined the chorus of concerned voices amid the chaos that erupted after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three--including an 8-year-old boy--and wounding more than 170 others. Read More