Posted: 7:42 AM Hillary Rodham Clinton stayed on safe political ground Tuesday, advocating women's rights globally in a 12-minute speech

Posted: 7:37 AM Farm workers already here would get a speedier path to legal status than other immigrants in the country illegally, and a likely new visa program would make it easier for foreign workers to come to the U.S.

Posted: 6:49 AM Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income.

Updated: 12:50 PM Republican state Rep. Curry Todd made the motion in the House State Government Committee on Tuesday to delay consideration of the measure until after the Legislature adjourns next year.

Posted: 5:57 AM The bill blocking access to the entire database of handgun carry permit holders no longer includes loopholes for political or lobbying groups that was included in a previous version of the measure.

Posted: 5:54 AM Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey has said he would keep it from receiving a full floor vote unless the House version that failed in committee is revived this year or next.

Posted: 5:51 AM Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris says that lawmakers will either have to approve Gov. Bill Haslam's approach to a school voucher program in Tennessee or face the measure being withdrawn entirely.

Posted: 5:43 AM A bill that would give Tennessee lawmakers the power to decide the nominees for the state's U.S. Senate seats has been withdrawn until next year.

Posted: 12:54 PM Gov. Bill Haslam says his pursuit of a special deal on Medicaid expansion in Tennessee is no "fool's errand," and that a deal could still be struck at any time.

Posted: 12:50 PM Republican Gov. Bill Haslam says he has a "major problem" with a bill seeking to give state lawmakers the power to select nominees to the U.S. Senate.

Posted: 12:47 PM Both Republican and Democratic Senate members of the Republican-sponsored bill said they didn't see a need for it to advance if the House doesn't plan to bring it up again.

Posted: 7:11 AM The Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to outpace the available supply in a matter of days

Posted: 6:56 AM Singapore's prime minister on Tuesday becomes the third Asian leader to visit the White House this year, as President Barack Obama pursues closer ties with countries in the region in his second term.

Posted: 6:55 AM The White House says that despite bellicose rhetoric from North Korea the Obama administration has not seen changes in the regime's military posture.

Posted: 6:53 AM Obama has chosen Brian Deese as his nominee for the number two slot at the Office of Management and Budget, a key position as Obama and Congress confront ongoing fiscal challenges.

Posted: 1:29 PM The companion bill to the measure, which is part of Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's legislative package, is set to for the House Finance Committee on Tuesday.

Posted: 11:55 AM President Barack Obama and his family are welcoming thousands of children to the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll.

Posted: 11:44 AM The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill in his effort to reclaim his job.

Posted: 8:31 AM Big business and big labor have settled on a political framework for an immigration overhaul. Now, the lawmakers writing bipartisan legislation need to resolve the nitty-gritty.

Posted: 8:18 AM The Easter Bunny, dozens of professional athletes and thousands of children will be hippity-hopping across the White House's South Lawn as President Barack Obama and his family lead the annual Easter Egg Roll.

Posted: 8:13 AM Here in Cincinnati's suburbs, where people tend to be polite, one finds seeds of the bitter partisanship that gnaws at Washington, 500 miles away.

Posted: 8:11 AM The Arizona lawmaker on Sunday said the shifting political landscape will eventually yield a candidate who backs same-sex marriage and predicts that candidate would find support within the GOP.

Posted: 7:35 AM How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good deal for them?

Posted: 1:06 PM An average of about 686,000 people has voted in the last eight U.S. Senate primaries in Tennessee. Under a Republican proposal advancing in the state Legislature, that number would be driven down to 132.

Posted: 12:29 PM President Barack Obama will promote a plan to create jobs by attracting private investment in highways and other public works during a visit Friday to a Miami port, the White House said.