WASHINGTON (AP) — The House's rejection of bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust has opened a sharp rift between two New York congressmen, Republican Peter King and Democrat Anthony Weiner.

The verbal jousting came on the House ...

Fox News confirms that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has chosen to go through an ethics trial akin to the one likely on the docket for Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY).

Talk about a paperwork nightmare: Tucked into the massive new health care law is a demand that nearly 40 million U.S. businesses file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods.

The ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee is pressing for details about a $940,000 bonus paid by Citigroup after it was bailed out by taxpayers to a former executive who now is President Obama's nominee to oversee the federal budget.

In a letter to the Treasury ...

Former Vice President Al Gore won't be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006, the county prosecutor said Friday.

Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., was forced to cut short a radio interview when he was stopped by police for speeding while he was talking to KFBK radio Friday morning.

Republican Tom Emmer says the flap over Target Corp. giving money to a group supporting him in the Minnesota governor's race is getting personal.