Archive for August, 2011

The FBI and local Texas authorities are investigating reports of gunshots Tuesday striking the north Houston office of U.S. Rep. Gene Green, authorities said.

Kenneth Melson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who came under criticism for the “Fast and Furious” operation involving illegal weapons sales, is being reassigned to the Justice Department as a senior adviser on forensic issues, the department announced Tuesday.

Former Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell has joined Sarah Palin as a speaker at a tea party rally this weekend in Iowa, one of the event’s organizers told CNN.

Speaking to veterans at the American Legion convention in Minneapolis, President Barack Obama again touted his jobs plan, set to be unveiled “next week.”

Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam today defended comments from House leadership contending that government funds for disaster relief from Hurricane Irene must be offset by spending cuts in the federal budget.

The third-term congressman from Wheaton, a…

Just before Rahm Emanuel became President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, he got some unsolicited advice from the men who held the job before him.

The gathering was hosted by Josh Bolten, who was President George W. Bush’s last chief of staff….

President Barack Obama plans to speak at the Washington National Cathedral on the evening of September 11 to commemorate the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, event organizers said Tuesday.

President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster for 2 Iowa counties hit hard by storms in late July.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says Tuesday that federal disaster aid has been made available to help with state and local recovery…