Readers ask about the details of Medicare savings, plus a cosmetic-surgery tax and limits on abortion coverage. By James Oliphant and Kim Geiger If the Senate bill is estimated to cost $848 billion over the next decade, how can Democrats say it will ...

WASHINGTON - Via Oprah, Facebook and a bus trip that resembled a campaign swing more than a book tour, Sarah Palin reappeared on the national stage last week, minus her governorship and running-mate status, but with a new role ...

WASHINGTON - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care ...

Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and a Republican, is said to be weighing a Senate bid. Will his mayoral credentials help or hurt him?

Disappointment came over Kern health care executives last week as they mulled a new reform plan from Washington that they said lacks tools for containing costs and does little to address a local shortage of ...

The Senate health care reform bill offers plenty of sticking points, including federal funding for abortion and special taxes, that underscore the difficulties ahead for passage.

A poll shows 61 percent oppose using public money for abortions, and 37 percent are in favor of allowing the use of federal funds.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.

Democratic leaders, including Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (Ill.), right, are still not sure they have enough votes to move the bill.

ALBANY, NY - A Conservative Party candidate is writing to supporters saying he lost a New York race for a US House of Representatives seat because of scheming and needs money in case he lodges a legal challenge.

DALLAS - Gov. Rick Perry and US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison have agreed to a Jan. 14 debate in North Texas, public TV station KERA/Channel 13 announced Friday.

(ChattahBox)—Fox News conspiracy theorist-in-chief, Glenn Beck and his merry band of paranoid 9/12 teapartiers, have made ACORN the proverbial Republican bogeyman.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Thursday sought to soften his fairly stinging shots at a black lawmaker who voted against President Obama's health care overhaul.

A new poll has Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in a dead heat with possible GOP primary foe JD Hayworth, reinvigorating talk that the former congressman and radio talk-show host might enter the 2010 race.

By Dan Balz AUSTIN -- Are Republicans trailing the Democrats in their ability to exploit new technology to communicate with voters -- or overtaking them?

Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, will hold her committee's first field hearing in her home state of Arkansas, on Monday, Nov. 23 at 1:00 pm The hearing will be hosted by the University of Arkansas Clinton School ...

Debate was lively between US Rep. Mike Capuano and fellow Democratic Senate candidate Alan Khazei on Saturday, even though disagreements between the two were subtle.

WASHINGTON (AP) - More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press poll finds, but the level of enthusiasm depends on how the question is asked.