Legislation allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay prospective parents is on its way to Virginia's governor, who has said he will sign it.

Legislation to require drug testing of Virginia welfare recipients is on a legislative committee's docket.

Newt Gingrich asserts that President Obama pursues an "outrageously anti-American" energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from foreign oil dependency.

Rick Santorum says President Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science

A Senate committee has endorsed a House-passed bill allowing private child placement agencies to deny adoptions for gays or others who offend their religious or moral teaching.

The Anne Arundel County Council is deadlocked over a vote to appoint a replacement to a seat vacated by a convicted councilman.

Capitol Hill negotiators unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to keep 160 million workers from a payroll tax hike.

The deal between Democrats and Republicans means no cut in your paycheck, but unemployment benefits won't last as long.

House Republicans are pushing ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more control to states and school districts.

Congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that bargainers still had to nail down final details.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A top adviser to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign says Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has taken "divisive positions" on key social issues.

David Axelrod tells "CBS This Morning" he...