In what is viewed as the most sweeping overhaul in immigration law in at least the last 26 years, a bipartisan group of eight senators unveiled a bill on Tuesday that will map a 13-year pathway to citizenship for almost 11 million undocumented immigrants.

House minority Whip Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, is generating criticism after making controversial statements Tuesday regarding yesterday's tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon and the automatic spending cuts which took hold in the federal government in March.

President Barack Obama delayed calling the Boston Marathon bombings an act of terrorism until just before noon Tuesday during a White House press briefing in Washington, D.C.

The White House was asked a question about the trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell Monday. Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president is aware of the atrocities revealed in the trial but will not comment on the issues raised because it is an ongoing trial.

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida appeared on a series of talk shows this Sunday to promote the new immigration reform bill, which took months of crafting among bipartisan politicians and will be presented on Tuesday at the earliest.

With the expected increase in liberal females to prominent media positions, the "war on women" theme could be even more prominent during the 2016 presidential elections than it was in 2012, believes Kay Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), lashed out at rapper Jay-Z and his wife, Beyoncé, for abusing the U.S. government's travel policies by taking a "tourist trip" to Cuba under the guise of going to the country under a cultural visa from the U.S. Treasury Department.

Ben Carson, the world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon who criticized President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in February, is one of the prominent black conservatives the former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is hosting in Washington D.C. on Monday.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama had adjusted gross income of $608,611 last year, and they paid $112,214 in total taxes, compared to $162,074 in 2011, according to tax returns released by the White House on Friday.

Thirteen influential social conservative organizations warn Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that the party will be making a "huge historical mistake" if they marginalize the base and change their stance on the core values of its platform, namely support for traditional marriage.