The Bradford Era

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-led House committee asked Friday for a briefing from the Planned Parenthood official whose secretly recorded discussion...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The searing political conflict over abortion flared anew Wednesday as congressional Republicans said they will investigate whether P...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Potential Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley said Sunday that the country needs fresh perspectives for confronting it...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators would oppose a potential House bipartisan deal preventing cuts in physicians’ Medicare payments if it doesn’t fi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On both ends of the Capitol, the parties controlling Congress are happily showcasing futility. Less than two months before pivotal c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blocked a parade of campaign-season votes on gun rights Wednesday that could have been a political...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt retreat, the House Ethics Committee said Thursday that it was dropping changes it had made in how lawmakers publicly re...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is no longer requiring lawmakers to report some free trips they take on the annual forms they file about their personal fi...