A jury of Rep. Charles Rangel's congressional peers is ready to publicly discuss charges of ethical misdeeds. But the political discussions outside the room will be far more significant.

President Obama is no stranger to having unexpected guests "crash" his White House parties, but he'll have to do just that if he wants to attend Chelsea Clinton's wedding this weekend.

An anti-illegal immigration group is calling on the Obama administration to provide safe passage to illegal immigrants who are trying to leave the U.S. due to the weak economy and Arizona's strict new immigration law.

As Arizona's new court-altered immigration law takes effect Thursday, the state will head back to court in an effort to appeal the San Francisco federal court ruling.

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous."

The Obama administration claims it has been on top of the Gulf oil spill disaster since "day one." Here's a look at what the president and administration have been doing every day since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, triggering the massive spill. 

Aging heroes of the civil rights movement and younger African-American leaders on Wednesday offered differing views of the challenges most urgently confronting black America, with some calling for a continued push to reform the U.S. criminal justice system and others emphasizing economic achievement.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget.

A newly released congressional report found that abortion restrictions attached to the health care overhaul would not apply to high-risk insurance pools run at the state level, prompting Republican senators to urge the administration to issue new rules. 

Rod Blagojevich's fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat and schemed to use his political power for personal gain.

A private university in Chicago that refuses to host former senior Bush adviser Karl Rove, arguing that welcoming a "political" speaker ahead of the midterm elections could threaten its tax-exempt status, has added an Obama administration appointee to address the student body.

Congress has changed a quarter-century-old law that has sent tens of thousands of blacks to prison for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the same amount of the drug in powder form.

The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing a choppy path back to health.

The Fox News brainroom breaks down the ruling by District Judge Susan Bolton to explain which parts of the law was struck down, or enjoined, and which parts are still going to take effect on Thursday.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked some of the toughest provisions in the Arizona illegal immigration law, putting on hold the state's attempt to have local police enforce federal immigration policy. 

A Nebraska city's decision to suspend its illegal immigration policy under threat of lawsuit is just the latest sign that civil rights groups may be able to force local governments to back down from immigration restrictions because they don't have the cash to defend them in court. 

Republican Rep. Mary Fallin, who had been lieutenant governor in Oklahoma before being elected to Congress, will face Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, her successor in the post, in the race for the governor's seat.

Millions of families will be faced with thousands of dollars in tax increases if the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire at the end of the year, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. 

Republicans looking to take back the House say they hope a pool of fresh faces will be just what the voters ordered to cure their incumbent fatigue. 

Maricopa County, home to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has participated since 2007 in a federal-state program that has resulted in more than 26,000 illegals being referred to immigration authorities for deportation.