All 20 women senators were slated to join President Obama for dinner at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday, after New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand suggested inviting the president to one of the group's quarterly meetings. Read More

Immigration reform stays on center stage in Washington Read More

In the opinion pages: former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey tells Wall Street Journal readers the larger threat the Tsarnaev brothers could represent.… Read More

President Obama spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday, as a massive manhunt was underway for the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Chechen ethnicity. Read More

We're monitoring the latest developments in the Boston Marathon bombings manhunt. Read More

"We may be momentarily knocked off our feet, but we'll pick ourselves up. We'll keep going. We will finish the race," Obama told the victims' families, government officials, community leaders and first responders at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston Thursday. Read More

Thursday's interfaith service drew on Boston's strong religious identity, as the city - and the country - struggled with the aftermath of Monday's horrifying attack. President Obama spoke at the event. Read More

We are following all the details emerging from the Boston bombing investigation. Read More

Massachusetts Republican Gabriel Gomez planned to finish the Boston Marathon and meet with the media immediately afterward to continue his race for the United States Senate, until two explosions rocked the finish line. Read More

Secretary of Sate John Kerry signaled a willingness to engage in direct talks with North Korea while traveling through Asia over the weekend, provided the erratic communist regime in Pyongyang lives up to international obligations. Read More

Vital Voices board member and former Hillary campaign co-chair Jill Iscol joined Andrea Mitchell Reports on Friday to discuss her book, “Hearts on Fire.” Newly out in paperback, the book takes readers through the inspiring journeys of influential social activists. Read More

Secretary of State John Kerry faces tough challenges in the far east Read More

Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson doesn't think he'll vote for the Senate gun control bill--unless his constituents tell him otherwise--but he at least thinks it deserves a vote. Read More

Amid controversy over comments comparing gay marriage to bestiality and pedophilia, conservative rising star Dr. Ben Carson announced Thursday that he will not speak at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement ceremony this spring. Read More

North Korea's latest round of nuclear threats has the region and the United States on high alert. Here are five things you need to know about the escalating tensions and why experts believe another missile test is imminent. Read More

The Senate holds the first of what could be many votes on gun legislation, a procedural step that requires 60 supporters to bring the bill to the floor for… Read More

"Right now my husband is fighting as a hard as he can and engaging with as many people as he can to protect our children from gun violence," Mrs. Obama said, to rising applause. "These reforms deserve a vote in Congress." Read More

There’s plenty of political action inside the Beltway Read More

President Obama committed to renewing the fight for pay equity during his 2013 State of the Union address, saying, "I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a living equal to their efforts, and finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this year." Read More

It was 10 years ago today that a statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled--and broadcast on TVs across the globe--in Firdos Square in the center of Baghdad, April 9, 2003. Read More