The specter of the Boston Marathon bombings – and the fact that they were allegedly carried out by two immigrants to the United States – continues to hang over the immigration reform efforts underway in the Senate.

The outcome of Wednesday’s dramatic Senate vote on expanding background checks simultaneously demonstrated the difficult geography confronting gun-control advocates in the Senate and the potentially...

Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that when Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed Friday in a shootout with police, travelled to Russia in 2012, he may ...

Although Washington’s battle over gun control ground to a sudden halt earlier this month, proponents of overhaul legislation say the fight is far from over. But while the political ground may have shifted, there is no denying the massive sway of the ...

The 19-year-old charged with the Boston Marathon bombing, his throat injured by a gunshot wound, wrote down answers to the questions of investigators about his motives and connections to any terror networks. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s answers led them to be...

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR), who's running for re-election in 2014, might have been trying to be just a bit too cautious when he voted with Republicans to block expanded background checks on gun sales at gun shows and online. At least, that's what the la...

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . Leading Off : • SC-01 : Following last week's utter Mark Sanford lunacy, Public Policy Polling went back into South Carolina's 1st Con...

President Obama will attend a memorial service this week for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas in what will be his latest foray as the country’s comforter in chief.        

The 19-year-old charged with the Boston Marathon bombing, his throat injured by a gunshot wound, wrote down answers to the questions of investigators about his motives and connections to any terror networks. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s answers led them to be...

Think Progress : "Shortly before the a crucial Senate vote to expand background checks in gun transactions, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter to the mother of a shooting victim claiming that he was "truly sorry" for her son's death and that "stre...