The Senate Judiciary Committee cleared a bill banning157 specific military-style assault weapons Thursday after a clash between Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Ted Cruz on the bill's constitutionality. Read More

World War I and Harry Styles have nothing in common--except CPAC. Read More

Does the appointment of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the next pope signal a Latinization of the Catholic Church? Read More

But perhaps most surprising in Rubio’s CPAC speech was what he didn’t talk about: immigration. Read More

As the Republican Party at large continues to slog through its identity crisis, the Conservative Political Action Conference reconvened Thursday for its annual meeting in Washington. Read More

As long as Barney Frank has advocated cutting military spending, he’s been criticized for it. But he’s not the only one who sees the merit in the unpopular budget fix. Read More

The Arkansas Republican kicked off the annual conservative confab by downplaying the role the of the Bush wars in the debt. Read More

Idealism about gun control remains high, but there's been little real action on background checks and other gun limits. Read More

GOP leadership has said it wants to broaden its base, but CPAC Chair Al Cardenas said on Thursday that the party isn't necessarily for everyone. Read More

The North Dakota senator's optimism comes less than 24 hours after House Republicans gave mixed reactions to the president's visit with their caucus. Read More

At a closed door meeting with senate Democrats on Tuesday, two senators tell Politico that the President tried to assure them that his administration has been more open to oversight than the Bush administration. Read More

At a time when most Americans favor at least some form of gun control, Second Amendment absolutists who dominate the gun lobby’s base want to ferret out any suspected moderates from the NRA board. Read More

Talk about alienating the young? In fact, 80% of unmarried evangelical Christians say they’re having sex. Pat Fagan’s remarks also come as recent polls find there is overwhelming support for birth control coverage. Read More

The annual CPAC conference begins today with Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Rand Paul, and Gov. Rick Perry, and Jim DeMint. Read More

The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, begins today. It's Comic-Con for conservatives, and you can expect luminaries with names like Trump, Palin, Romney, Rubio and Cantor to speak. Read More

Some of the biggest conservative names from across the country descend on Washington Thursday for the start of CPAC. Read More

A look at the events and speakers from the first day of the biggest Republican party of the year. Read More

Join Chris live in Rome for a special edition of Jansing & Co., will full coverage of newly-installed Pope Francis and the conclave that elected him in two short days. Read More

President Obama's meeting with House Republicans at the Capitol yesterday only served to reinforce the existing divisions between the two sides. Republicans are digging in -- doubling down on budget ideas that have been rejected year after year. Read More

For the first time in 92 years Congress is kicking off the budget process but the Democrat and Republican budget proposals are quite different from one another. Read More