Oregon's attorney general said Thursday that she will not defend the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

The White House expressed outrage Thursday at the news that Ukrainian security forces were firing automatic weapons on anti-government protesters in clashes that left at least 22 people dead.

Four teenagers from Portland, Ore. were charged Wednesday after police said they lured a classmate into a shed and carved a swastika into his forehead with a box cutter, CNN reported.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) deputy chief of staff from his days as Milwaukee County executive once called a racially charged email comparing welfare recipients to dogs "hilarious."

If you can't persuade lawmakers with logic, use humor -- and aluminum foil hats.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) swears that he didn't want to throw his fellow Republicans under the bus when he staged a filibuster last week that forced some to vote for a "clean" debt limit hike -- he just wanted them to be more transparent.

A first-term Colorado lawmaker left a loaded gun behind after a Wednesday committee meeting on concealed handgun permits, the Denver Post reported.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) admitted on Saturday that he's an NPR listener -- but he must not be too big a fan, since he's voted to defund the public broadcaster in the past.

National security hawk Rep. Peter King (R-NY) thinks if Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) can be so critical of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, he should also take a clear stance on offering clemency to fugitive National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

An off-duty corrections officer's gun accidentally discharged Saturday at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. restaurant, resulting in minor injuries for at least nine people, the Sun-Sentinel reported.