Joe Biden has always had a flair for doing things differently – but his upcoming trip to South Asia may set a new standard.

The vice president-elect will be traveling to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. But he won’t …

Joe Biden hasn’t said much in public since the election, but one of Washington’s most prolific talkers is back – and making news whenever he speaks.

In fewer than five minutes on Tuesday, Biden criticized his own incoming …

President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that $1 trillion deficits could last for “years to come” as he sought to make the case for budget reforms amid an economy in peril.

Obama’s warning came as he met for the second …

Republican Sen. Norm Coleman announced Tuesday that he is filing a lawsuit contesting the results of the Minnesota Senate recount that declared Democrat Al Franken the winner.

“Any attempt to seat a senator who is not properly certified violates …

The presidency of George W. Bush is receiving bleak assessments across the political spectrum in its closing weeks, with praise from many Republican commentators tempered by their own deep disappointment. 

On the positive side, Republicans and some Democrats, in …

Senate Swearing-in

House Swearing-in

Biden sworn in…as Senator

The team of lawyers representing Roland Burris is expressing confidence that the former Illinois attorney general will eventually be seated as the state’s junior senator, despite being turned away by the chamber Tuesday morning.

Kurt Schmoke, the dean …

In choosing Leon Panetta to head the CIA, President-elect Obama is taking one of the capital’s most familiar faces and thrusting him into a starkly unfamiliar role.

And, after two months of appointments whose political logic was obvious …

Groups Push for Latino to Replace Richardson as Commerce Choice

Now that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn as President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for commerce secretary, who’ll replace him?

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was buzzed about as a possibility …

With the Blagojevich scandal breaking around them last month, aides to Barack Obama said there had been “no contact” between Obama and embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Obama’s team deflected requests for any correspondence between the two, saying the …