Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) did little to hide his frustration Thursday morning, using a recent legislative setback to blast Senate Majority Leader Harr...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate rejected a pro-gun amendment that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) attempted to attach to a water resources bill on Wednesday, which...

WASHINGTON — Landmark immigration legislation is doomed to fail in Congress unless border-security provisions are greatly strengthened, Republic...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is attempting to attach two pro-gun amendments to a water resources bill that the Senate is scheduled to take ...

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) saw his Wednesday evening take an unexpected turn. CQ Roll Call reports that Coburn suffered an accidental fall into a fo...

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are among the politicians honored in this year's Time Magazine 100 Most I...

WASHINGTON -– The infamously independent Republican Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.) threw the first serious cold water on the bipartisan gun bill compromise...

WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama gets set to barnstorm outside the Beltway in hopes of salvaging his gun policy reforms, the prospect of passin...

Why did his Senate colleagues agree? Why not some other social science discipline? Why not all social science? In the end, politicians don't appreciate scrutiny, which is exactly what political science does.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) pressed Congress Friday to eliminate tax breaks and loopholes benefitting NASCAR, Hollywood and other special ...

A measure limiting National Science Foundation funding for political science research projects passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, quietly dealing a ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate passed a bill Wednesday to keep the federal government running after March 27, approving a six-month spending measure th...

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans have upped their campaign to pressure the White House to reopen its doors to tour-goers after shutting them in...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apparently thinks Sen. Tom Coburn is living up to his old nickname, Dr. No, and expressed his displeasure with the O...

BY PHILIP ELLIOTT, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested t...

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) did not mince words about sequestration on Sunday. In an interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," Coburn railed against the a...

With Republican leaders in Congress forswearing budget negotiations over new revenues, President Obama has begun reaching around them to Republican la...

WASHINGTON -- The signature gun control bill being pushed by President Barack Obama is likely to suffer a setback, as congressional aides and outside ...

WASHINGTON — A dispute over whether to require record keeping for private gun sales is holding up a compromise between Republican and Democratic...

WASHINGTON -- A top Senate Republican said Sunday that the Obama administration is exaggerating the impact of looming cuts to federal spending. Th...

The bipartisan group of four Senators who are negotiating over a proposal to expand the gun background check system privately met this week to discuss...

WASHINGTON — A cornerstone of President Barack Obama's drive to check gun violence is gathering bipartisan steam as four senators, including two...

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) claimed Tuesday that a Republican-led refusal to raise the debt ceiling could be a "wonderful experiment" in forcing the gov...