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House Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi to remain as their leader Wednesday despite massive party losses in this month's congressional elections that prompted some lawmakers to call for new leadership.

A House ethics subcommittee has found longtime Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel guilty on multiple violations of House rules. The subcommittee, according to California Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the ethics committee chairwoman, found "clear and convincing" evidence of guilt on 11 of 12 counts, including failing to pay taxes on a home in the Dominican Republic, misuse of a rent-controlled apartment for political purposes and improper use of government mail service and letterhead.

Rep. Charles Rangel of New York headed the House s tax-writing committee but acknowledged shortchanging the Internal Revenue ...

Trying to resolve dispute among top lieutenants, Pelosi indirectly backs longtime adversary, Rep. Hoyer, to continue serving as her chief deputy.

A group of Democratic House chairmen say Rep. Steny Hoyer should become the Democrats' second in command in the next Congress when Republicans regain control of the House.

In a law office in an upscale section of Los Angeles, an unfinished yet potentially explosive book manuscript by a controversial figure, former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit, sits in a safe.

Former United States Representative Rick A. Lazio has agreed to have his name removed as the Conservative Party's candidate for governor, in a decision that bolsters the candidacy of the Republican candidate, Carl P. Paladino.

Rep. Kendrick Meek is the Democratic nominee for Senate, overcoming billionaire Jeff Greene's massive television and mail onslaught to win a bitter Florida primary. Meek will face off against Gov. Charlie Crist and Republican Marco Rubio in November.

New York's Democratic political establishment came out in force for embattled US Rep. Charles Rangel on Wednesday, packing a sold-out fundraiser to praise Rangel's service to the city and state over a 40-year career recently tainted by ...

The House ethics committee Monday unveiled a three-count charge against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) alleging she broke congressional conflict-of-interest rules when she helped arrange a meeting of bank officials and Treasury Department ...