Blog Summaries

Ben Bernanke touted innovation and information technology as drivers of economic change in a Saturday commencement speech at Bard College.

The Gang of Eight member said their package would help prevent attacks on the homeland.

While Sen. Rob Portman announced he had a "change of heart," the Arizona Republican doesn’t see himself following suit.

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) launches a preemptive political strike against the budget plan that Senate Democrats will offer next week.

Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) says that Washington is a depressing place to work right now.

Organizers said 35,000 activists attended a rally on the National Mall and march on the White House.

"Democrats have the high ground both substantively and politically, and we will win on this issue," said Schumer on Sunday.

Senior officials conducted secret discussions with North Korea following the death of Kim Jong Il, according to a Japanese newspaper.

"I think the first thing you might want to do is close the gun show loophole," the Democrat said.

The former president spoke about the initiative to Obama's national finance committee and other Democratic officials on Saturday, sources say.