A new poll conducted immediately after Friday's tragedy suggests Americans are rethinking gun control. 

Michael Dunn pleads not guilty in slaying of Jordan Davis after dispute about loud music

Chicago-area Democrats will hold an open primary to select their candidate for the special election to fill the seat left vacant by former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., as officials failed to coalesce around a candidate

Two days after the attack that took the lives of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, lawmakers were eager to take on the gun debate Sunday

A nonpartisan group Fix the Debt has launched a $3 million ad campaign in a push to pressure Republicans and Democrats to reach agreement on spending and taxes.

With Susan Rice out of contention for Secretary of State, jockeying is already underway among potential candidates, for John Kerry's Massachusetts Senate seat.

To win control of the House of Representatives, Democrats would need to win 17 more seats; the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it's got its eyes on 48 that currently belong to Republicans.

Witnesses, students and parents told frightening stories Friday about a school shooting that police say left six adults and 20 children dead.

Dakota Meyer, one of America's most-recent Medal of Honor recipients, was the victim in an altercation that left him with minor injuries.

John McAfee, now in Miami, says he faked a heart attack to avoid extradition to Belize on murder charges