Sens. Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell gird for war over filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moved closer Thursday to dramatically altering Senate rules in order to block the chamber’s Republican minority from filibustering President Barack Obama’s executive nominees.

Protesters call for the end of the Keystone Pipeline outside the Jefferson Hotel where President Barack Obama is attending a Democratic National Committee event, Thursday, July 11, 2013, in Washington.

Obama attends Democratic Party fundraiser

President Barack Obama has attended a Democratic Party fundraiser that was closed to media coverage. Photo Gallery Available

House passes low-cal farm bill but sows seeds for a possible compromise

House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday rammed through a newly revised farm bill designed mostly to solve a vexing political problem that has divided their party and frustrated farmers nationwide.

Another federal judge slaps treatment of Guantanamo inmates

A federal judge on Thursday called a halt to genital pat-downs of Guantanamo Bay detainees who are meeting with attorneys.

FILE - In this June 11, 2013, file photo, B. Todd Jones of Minnesota, President Barack Obama's nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, listens to opening statements on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Obama picked Jones to lead the ATF in following the mass shooting in December at a Connecticut elementary school where 26 people, including 20 children, were killed. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the choice Thursday, July 11, 2013, in a 10-8 vote that fell strictly along party lines.

Obama's ATF nomination sent to full Senate

President Barack Obama's nomination of B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been sent to the full Senate.

Sequester not yet affecting govt fire response

Obama administration officials say the automatic budget cuts called "sequestration" have not yet affected the government's ability to fight wildfires.

Where’s the shame? Scandals may no longer end political careers

Sex. Drugs. Cheating on a spouse. Those words used to add up to shame. Put them in the same sentence as a politician’s name, and they ended careers. Not anymore. The latest batch of unlikely back-from-the-swamp hopefuls are Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer. Photo Gallery Available

Texas Senate begins debating abortion bill

The Texas Senate has begun debate on tough new abortion restrictions. Photo Gallery Available

Federal judge: FISA court not a rubber stamp

Perceptions that a secret court in the nation's capital acts as a rubber stamp for the government are wrong, the outgoing chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington said Thursday.

The undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shows a Sumatran tiger skin/California confiscated by the USFWS. More than 150 people face federal and state charges after authorities disrupted wildlife trafficking operations involving tiger and leopard pelts, elephant ivory and live birds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the arrests Thursday an undercover operation that included officers from 16 states, three federal agencies and three Asian countries.

More than 150 accused in online wildlife sales

More than 150 people face federal and state charges after authorities disrupted online wildlife trafficking operations involving tiger, leopard and jaguar pelts, elephant ivory and live birds.

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