President Barack Obama hosted South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the White House on Tuesday. At a joint press conference in the afternoon, Obama mentioned a number of topics important to both nations: North Korea, the economy and trade...and "Gangnam Style."

"Of course around the world, people are being swept...

President Barack Obama was sitting next to former First Lady Barbara Bush at the dedication Thursday of the presidential library of her son, former President George W. Bush. She apparently said something to Obama that made him laugh:

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When CBS News broke into programming on Thursday morning to air live coverage of an interfaith service in honor of Boston Marathon bombing victims, many took to Twitter to voice their frustration that "The Price is Right" was interrupted.

I know damned well CBS did not interrupt...

If you were were on Twitter Wednesday afternoon, you may have noticed lots of tweets similar to this:

I support common-sense steps to reduce gun violence. #NowIsTheTime to act. Share this if you agree: thndr.it/ZfKLAb

— The White House (@whitehouse) April 17, 2013

Vice President Joe Biden is in Rome, where he is leading the U.S. delegation that is attending Pope Francis' inaugural mass on Tuesday. Biden, the first Catholic to be elected vice president, has a busy schedule on Monday: Four bilateral meetings with world leaders. He clearly was excited to see...

One of California's most prominent Republicans has made a big shift on the issue of gay marriage.

Meg Whitman, who was the Republican nominee for governor in 2010, was one of at least 75 notable Republicans who signed a Supreme Court brief that states that gay marriage...

Last month, President Barack Obama unveiled a comprehensive gun control plan. Following the Jan. 16 White House event, which included the unveiling of 23 executive actions, Obama responded to letters from children backstage. The children wrote to the president expressing concern about gun violence and school...

Vice President Joe Biden is in London today, wrapping up a swing through Europe. He met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy, Nick Clegg, at No. 10 Downing Street. We couldn't help but notice some of the faces that Biden made outside the famous address...

Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) took to Twitter Monday to respond to this weekend's fatal shooting of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.

The suspect who allegedly shot Kyle and another man is Eddie Ray Routh, a veteran who authorities believe may have a mental illness related...

I just spent roughly 63 hours on trains from Washington, D.C. to Seattle and I did it for fun. Seattle was merely the destination printed on my ticket. My real destination was the way I got there: Amtrak's Capitol Limited and Empire Builder, two fine long...

Sorry, folks. The Obama administration will not be building a Death Star.

The White House responded Friday night to a petition on its website urging construction of a Death Star for job creation and national defense purposes by 2016.

Here's why, according to...

This year was a great year for political photography. An intense battle for the White House gave us thousands of photos. From the "wizard Obama" photo to the controversial photo of Mitt Romney and a young schoolgirl, here are 41 of our favorites:

As millions of Americans celebrate Christmas this year, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are asking them to keep service members and veterans in their minds.

"So this week let’s give thanks for our veterans and their families," the president said in this week's weekly address with his...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants you to know his feelings about a retiring senator's hair.

Reid, speaking Monday afternoon on the Senate floor, was paying tribute to Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who is retiring in January after serving for two terms.

"I mean, that is a...

If you were to search for Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Twitter Tuesday, you would have seen a tweet for someone who doesn't agree much with her: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).

Cantor's House leadership office has taken out a promoted tweet. Twitter advertising became...

President Barack Obama and his former GOP challenger, Mitt Romney, had lunch together at the White House Thursday, in their first meeting since this month's election.

The lunch meeting was closed to the press and no Obama or Romney aides were to attend, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said...

At least seven nude protesters stormed House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) office in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday, according to reports from Sahil Kapur of Talking Points Memo and others who were there. The group was protesting cuts to HIV/AIDS funding that...

President Barack Obama appears to have outraised Mitt Romney by a 73-to-1 ratio in campaign donations made using text messages, Roll Call reports.

According to Federal Election Commission records, Obama's campaign reported paying $84,655 in fees to m-Qube Group, which manages the new text-to-donate programs of both candidates....

The Center for Responsive Politics estimates that $5,800,000,000 will be spent on this year's elections. That's equivalent to the salaries of 137,727 public schoolteachers, 1,343,837 employees paying for their health care contributions for a year, and even the cost for the entire population of Texas to go skydiving.

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Mark your calendars: An earth-shattering revelation about President Barack Obama or GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be revealed on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Or will it be at 5:30 p.m. ET on Monday?

A new website, octsurprise.com, popped up this week, and has taken the Internet...