At 27, Aaron Schock is the youngest member of the 111th Congress — a fact that’s not exactly news to the Illinois Republican.

“Aaron shocks Congress with his age,” he says in a slightly exasperated tone when asked about it….

Legislative leaders looking to bring the tree-huggers and timber-splitters of Congress together for a little logrolling might consider sending them into the woods with Democrat Mark Udall.

The five-term congressman and newly minted senator from Colorado is quick …

Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan will be nominated to serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s solicitor-general, the administration’s representative to the Supreme Court, Obama announced in a press release Monday morning.

If confirmed by the Senate, Kagan will …

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Mourners including former President Bill Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gathered Monday for the funeral of former Sen. Claiborne Pell, who created the federal education grants that helped millions of Americans afford college.

The Rhode …

Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died Thursday after a long …

ON SANDY BEACH, Hawaii (AP) — When many islanders look at Barack Obama, they see not only the next president, but a skilled bodysurfer, a man who flashes the "shaka," or hang loose sign, and someone who wears the same …

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One group wants to make it easier for people to ride bicycles to the inauguration instead of adding to the anticipated congestion on the roads and rails.

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is working on plans to offer …

Just days before the election, the media focused briefly on the news that Barack Obama’s paternal aunt was living illegally in public housing in Boston.

While the story didn’t get much traction, it offered a glimpse of things to …

They’re only 10 and 7, and already designers are angling to dress them. They’ve been on the cover of People and Us Weekly. And there’s that standing invitation - unlikely though it is to be redeemed - to the set …