President Obama and other Democrats keep talking about avoiding “another Iraq” and avoiding a “rush to war” similar to the 18-month run up to the invasion of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship.

The National Security Agency and Justice Department mounted a vigorous defense of the government's controversial surveillance efforts on Tuesday, with NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander claiming they have helped prevent "potential terrorist events" over 50 times since 9/11.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher isn’t mincing words over his concern about the Senate immigration bill. The California Republican says House Speaker John Boehner should be booted from his leadership role if he allows the Senate version to come to the House for a vote.

Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Tuesday announced her support for a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to do so. 

Republican lawmakers are moving quickly to try and allow states to require proof of citizenship for a voter registration form after the Supreme Court rejected an Arizona law that did just that. 

Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. 

The White House is reporting progress on President Obama's initiatives to reduce gun violence, but says the most important step would be getting a reluctant Congress to pass new firearms laws. 

President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent -- even though they are authorized in secret.

A list released by the U.S. government Monday identifies several dozen Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been designated as too dangerous to release but who can't be prosecuted.

The government's program for disability benefits for federal workers is reported rife with waste and abuse, including cases where apparently healthy employees ran marathons, skied and did trapeze flips while collecting disability payments.

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The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, 5-year farm bill, saying food stamp cuts included in the legislation could leave some Americans hungry.

President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent -- even though they are authorized in secret.

The four defendants who were convicted or pleaded guilty in Indiana's presidential petition fraud scandal were sentenced on Monday. Only one received prison time for the illegal scheme that touched the race for the White House.

National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander will address the House intelligence committee on Tuesday in a rare public hearing that could shed new light on the scope of the federal government’s classified phone and Internet surveillance programs.

For the second time since the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks, the four-star general in charge of U.S. military assets in the Africa region will testify before Congress about what happened that night.

Sending Syria arms and aid and possibly more is a commitment that could haunt the U.S. for years to come, according to some Washington lawmakers. They are cautioning the Obama administration to carefully consider history, a still-fragile U.S. economy and the need to develop a clear end-strategy before agreeing to help fight and fund a civil war 6,000 miles away.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on Monday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during the G-8 summit that they have a shared interest in stopping the violence that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country during a two-year-old civil war.

As the House and Senate continue to debate overhauling America's immigration system, new differences are emerging between the two chambers when it comes to criminal illegal immigrants. The controversy is emerging after two police officers were killed, allegedly by illegal immigrant drunk drivers with prior DUI arrests. 

The IRS' upper management was behind the controversial decision to use a planted question to disclose the agency's practice of singling out conservative groups, according to transcripts of interviews reviewed by Fox News. 

A Capitol Hill lawmaker sparked a string of conflicting statements about the limits of U.S. surveillance after claiming during a hearing last week that he was told analysts can listen to phone calls without a warrant.