Kate Irby

The Senate Judiciary Committee, looking to provide protections for journalists and their sources, ran into a roadblock Thursday when lawmakers couldn’t agree on the definition of “journalist.”

The military faces one of two options in order to meet mandatory across-the-board budget cuts, says Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel: chopping the number of personnel or limiting its technological edge.

Tracy Martin, the father of the late Trayvon Martin, appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the first time since George Zimmerman’s non-guilty verdict, advocating for a positive legacy of his son’s death.

Congress is growing increasingly wary of controversial National Security Agency domestic surveillance programs, a concern likely to erupt during legislative debate _ and perhaps prod legislative action _ as early as next week.

Fifteen-year-old Anthony Arroyo likely would have died if not for the bone marrow transplant he received, thanks to a group now facing federal funding cuts. The teenager leads an almost normal life since his transplant in 2004, but still suffers from fanconi anemia, a rare, incurable genetic disorder he was diagnosed with at age 3. The Arroyo family used a nonprofit organization called Be the Match to find a donor, a process that can be nearly impossible since bone marrow matches are so rare.

Congress took the first step Wednesday toward trying to repair a vital section of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, a month after the Supreme Court ruled the provision unconstitutional.

Here’s a seldom-used mating tactic: Pretend to be a dead animal. While probably bad advice for most of us, that’s what passes for romance in the world of the titan arum, otherwise known as the corpse flower, or more commonly, the stinky plant.

Some military service members and veterans are being denied their most well-known government benefit: college tuition coverage.

Jonathan Ross, a restaurant worker at one of the famous Smithsonian Institution museums, went on a one-day strike Thursday because he’s tired of trying to support himself and his 15-year-old daughter on $10,000 per year without benefits.

Someone is watching you. What you spend. Where you eat. Whom you call. Where you travel. What you Google. What you give to charity.

Members of Alaska's Washington delegations are demanding more transparency and congressional oversight on government surveillance, though they won't say the programs need to be shut down or that Congress should repeal the Patriot Act.