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The sequester is forcing layoffs across the Pentagon's civilian workforce, no budget negotiators have been named, and the Farm Bill is a year late in coming.

Charlie Rose acted as an apologist for President Obama on Wednesday's CBS This Morning , after former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asserted that the second-term executive was avoiding responsibility for the recent spate of scandals surrounding his administration.

Republican Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor whose extramarital affair derailed his political career, returned to Congress on Wednesday with his Argentine "soul mate" at his side.

In a special Mother's Day edition of our Sunday Spotlight, ABC's " This Week " had a glimpse inside an exclusive club on Capitol Hill: women who give birth while serving in Congress.

There are 436 representatives and 100 senators in Congress today. The Washington press corps is comprised of several dozens of reporters.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Jack Reed , D-R.I., speak exclusively to ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, Sunday on "This Week." The debate over Benghazi was reignited this week as new testimony and newly-revealed emails brought fresh scrutiny to the Sept.

Endeavoring to rebrand their party, GOP elders do not want voters conjuring up names like Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin when they hear the words "Republican Party." They want you to think of Martha Roby.

BENGHAZI TALKING POINTS UNDERWENT 12 REVISIONS: When it became clear last fall that the CIA's now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community, but White House documents reviewed by Congress suggest a different story, ABC's JONATHAN ... (more)

WASHINGTON The lobbyist for grocers including Kroger Co. and Safeway Inc. is calling on President Barack Obama to curtail a U.S. health law provision that mandates the companies display the calorie content of all their foods.

In a bold statement on how applying conservative principles can help working Americans in their everyday lives, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 , a bill sponsored by U.S. Representative Martha Roby to help Americans better balance the demands of work and family.

Supermodel Beverly Johnson is in town this week to raise awareness of Down syndrome in her role as an international spokeswoman for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and she wants one thing in particular out of Washington: more money.

Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure to create a central registry to track firearm offenders in Washington state.

Members of Congress from Washington, New York, North Dakota and Michigan, from both parties, are moving to shoot down a trial balloon in which people entering the United States by land from Canada and Mexico would be forced to pay a fee.

A congresswoman has joined opponents of a proposed Indian casino near Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane, saying such a large, commercial development might prompt the military to close the base in the future.

The Republican-led House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday to give workers more time off - rejecting criticism from the White House, unions, women's groups and others that the measure is a sham that would force more work for less pay.

Bail was set at $500,000 for a 55-year-old Missoula man charged with shooting his wife in the face, apparently as she slept.

Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of Jodi Arias, who is accused of murdering her one-time boyfriend in Arizona.

More than 300 independent community pharmacists from across the country met in Washington, D.C. at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill Wednesday for the 2013 National Community Pharmacists Association Conference on Legislation and Government Affairs.

Organizers say the gala on Wednesday night is designed to raise awareness about Down syndrome.

More recently, he became a father in his own right -- to a baby girl named Payton.