Ed Perlmutter

Members of Congress and a coalition of mayors, law enforcement officers, gun safety organizations and other groups will hold a press conference Thursday, January 24, to introduce legislation on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition...

THIS POST HAS BEEN REVISED A FINAL TIME AT 9:10 P.M. ET SATURDAY: The Colorado movie-theater massacre will be the top story on Sunday morning programs. You can expect the latest news from Aurora, Colo., on CBS' “Face the Nation,” ABC's “...

These last weeks of politics have been wild, funny and some of the finest in recent history. Almost all of the madness was caught on video. Let's look back and enjoy some of the weirdest moments in the political races......

When President Bush campaigned for reelection three years ago, this community near Denver was a promising territory: a fast-growing collection of cul-de-sacs and nearly identical homes, where thousands of young families seemed open to Republican ideas....

The globe-trotting groom with a highly dangerous strain of tuberculosis whose travels last month caused an international health scare told a Senate panel Wednesday that he had no idea he was contagious. "I don't want this, and I wouldn't have wanted to...

BLOG   |    SCHEDULE   |   PHOTOS/VIDEO   |   SPEECHES   |   POLITICS A-Z   |    RSS TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN,...

by Matthew Hay Brown, updated with comments from Pelosi and Shea-Porter Congressional Republicans have wasted little time in trying to turn today's Supreme Court decision to overturn the District of Columbia handgun ban into a campaign issue. With the...

by Frank James The House has started debate on the $790 billion economic stimulus legislation and lawmakers beginning with a procedural argument. Republicans are complaining that the House Democratic leadership hasn't abided by an agreement that the whole...