Political News

First Lady Michelle Obama says musicians "just have the most fun."

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is planning a summer bus tour that will also roll through South Carolina, the early presidential primary battleground.

The General Services Administration executive who was responsible for an $823,000 conference in Las Vegas is no longer with the agency.

The Senate has rejected Democratic and Republican plans for averting a doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students.

A Senate panel has approved a $631 billion defense budget for next year, the same amount that President Barack Obama proposed for the military.

President Barack Obama has nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants.

The Senate has passed a bill that would increase inspections of foreign drug manufacturers, among other measures designed to assure the safety of the nation's increasingly imported drug supply.

The Justice Department's internal ethics watchdog says two prosecutors in the bungled corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens engaged in reckless professional misconduct by failing to disclose information favorable to the defense.

Mitt Romney is facing tough questions about how his education proposals would affect black communities.

Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase.