Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s prolonged health-related absence is expected to pose challenges for House Republicans as they face critical votes on key party-line legislation.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said Saturday that shipbuilding is a priority -- his first public remarks since the ouster of his predecessor and former boss, John C. Phelan, last week.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said his organization is assisting the FBI's investigation of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has been indicted for funding hate groups it claimed to fight.