A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation’s appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings. Despite his slow start in nominating judges and Republican delays …

PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has picked dates in April and June for the special elections to choose a replacement for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

TRENTON — As Gov. Chris Christie prepares to give his State of the State address Tuesday, Democrats have already drawn their battle lines.

President Barack Obama will nominate Harvard economist Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell, an investment banker and former Treasury official, to the two empty seats on the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting board of governors.

A Democratic congressman is comparing the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes.

Three Democratic House members are urging the House Energy and Commerce Committee to hold hearings on the impasse between the NFL and players union on testing for human growth hormone.

Reuters – The Treasury Department said on Friday it would delay until later this year a ruling on whether China is manipulating its currency as Democratic Party lawmakers tried to overcome Republican opposition to a bill that would punish Beijing for its currency policies.

Reuters – China’s Foreign Ministry urged U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday not to resort to “excuses” for trade protectionism after U.S.

Congress returns to work this coming week, divided over measures to create jobs and scorned by the nation it was elected to help lead.

WASHINGTON — Whites and women are a re-election problem for President Barack Obama. Younger voters and liberals, too, but to a lesser extent. All are important Democratic constituencies that helped him win the White House in 2008 and whose support he’ll need to keep it next year.