Arizona Legislative District 6 Republican Committee

Army Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. The following are images from the ceremony, his service in Afghanistan and his family life. 

Lawmakers are poised to legalize gay marriage in Washington state, which would make it the seventh state in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed.

Republicans are looking to deny child tax credits to illegal immigrants -- refund checks averaging $1,800 -- in an effort that has roused anger among Hispanics and some Democratic lawmakers. 

Egypt's prime minister said Wednesday that the country would not "back down" over its crackdown on nonprofit groups, in the latest sign the United States is struggling to thaw the standoff that has snagged several Americans. 

A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights. 

Rick Santorum's banner election performance Tuesday night has exposed the risk in Newt Gingrich's plan to wait for the primary battle to come to him, as the former Pennsylvania senator claims the momentum charging into the contests Gingrich needs for another surge. 

The push for a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes for Iraq veterans is gaining new traction after New York City hosted its blow-out celebration for the New York Giants -- a festival that raised immediate questions about why the country is not extending the same honor to returning soldiers. 

House Speaker John Boehner says if President Obama doesn't reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control, the Congress will. 

Some of the creative minds behind the company that produced Chrysler's Super Bowl ad reportedly were active supporters of President Obama in the 2008 election, though the White House insists nobody from the president's team coordinated on the content of the talked-about spot featuring Clint Eastwood. 

The Republican-led House has voted to give President Obama and his successors the line-item veto, an authority to single out individual spending items for elimination that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents. 

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Wednesday for a state teachers union chief to resign, after he said in an interview that "life's not always fair" while arguing against vouchers to send poor students to private schools. 

The continuation of the Not Romney primary into an eighth round is basically good news for the frontrunner. As long as the right stays divided, he can still win. But the enthusiasm gap should be troubling for him.

The government of Cameroon is illegally squatting in its embassy property in the nation's capital and should be evicted by federal marshals, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday. 

Former Sen. Rick Santorum moved into second place Tuesday in the race for delegates with wins in Republican presidential caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota.

Rick Santorum proved that the 2012 primary election still has a few surprises left, after he went three for three in Tuesday’s contests and once again shook up the GOP nomination battle.

The Obama administration says it is not considering invading Syria or arming its rebels to remove President Bashar Assad from power. Diplomatic efforts at the U.N. have collapsed. A new, much-touted option of humanitarian assistance for Syria's beleaguered population is a longshot -- and would only bandage over the violence instead of stopping it.

Rick Santorum muscled his way back into the Republican presidential race Tuesday, sweeping three state contests in a performance that once again shakes up the 2012 nomination battle. 

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that barred a woman from running for a city council seat because she doesn't speak English proficiently.

House Republicans have introduced their version of a bill to ban insider trading by thousands of federal officials and prevent lawmakers convicted of a crime from collecting their government pensions.

Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.