Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, portrayed Tuesday night's Republican victories as reflections on local issues -- not the president's policies.

Outside of the obvious high-profile races, there are other elections occurring across the country for mayors and on issues like same-sex partnerships and casino gambling. Come back to us later on Tuesday to watch the results pour in.

The vice president stumps for the Democrat in the 23rd Congressional district in New York; invokes Sarah Palin's name.

The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation allocating billions of dollars in federal money for the treatment of HIV and AIDS.

The former Alaska governor will appear on the popular show just as her book is landing in stores.

The Supreme Court closes the books on 2009 without ruling in a major campaign-finance case.

With one week before his Christmas vacation is scheduled to begin, President Obama is calling the entire Senate Democratic caucus to the White House on Tuesday.

About half of Americans who are unemployed say the recession has been a hardship on them and caused major life changes, and most do not expect relief any time soon, according to a new nationwide poll.

Representative Bart Gordon, a Tennessee Democrat, said he would not run for re-election next year, making him the fourth House Democrat to announce his retirement in recent weeks.

Sixty is the number of votes that the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, needs to pull together to advance major health care legislation. In many ways, 60 is also a mirage.