Nothing inspires Democrats like the Barack Obama swagger — the supreme self-confidence on stage, the self-certainty in private. So nothing inspires more angst than when that same Obama stumbles, as he has leaving the gate in 2012.

The FCC launched a proceeding Thursday to explore whether communications can be restored after natural disasters or emergencies by putting specially equipped drones or other aircraft in the air.

A federal judge has ordered the Defense Department to turn over to the court three video recordings showing Guantanamo prisoners being forced out of their cells.

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS I wrote last month about the top VP prospects and their response to the oft-asked question about joining the GOP ticket. Many of their answers have changed since then, so here’s an updated guide:

Just weeks after Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency officials warned publicly of the dangers posed by leaks about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, top officials at both agencies and at the White House granted Hollywood filmmakers unusual access to those involved in planning the raid and some of the methods they used to do it, newly released government records show.

By ALEX ISENSTADT   Former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis declined to deny a report today that he’s considering switching to the Republican Party to challenge Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) in 2014.  

GREENSBORO, N.C. Jurors in the campaign finance trial of former Sen. John Edwards are in their third day of deliberations and they don't look happy about it. During the four-week-long trial, most on the jury chuckled, laughed, and smiled at some of the lighter moments in the courtroom and the folksier comments from U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles. No more, it seems.

By J. Lester Feder A new study could pose a challenge to the basic premise of President Barack Obama’s approach to controlling health costs — that spending will come down if doctors don’t give patients as much unnecessary medical care.

President Barack Obama’s embrace of same-sex marriage was a major moment for gay-rights advocates — historic, emotional, a cause for celebration and more praise for an administration with a strong record on these issues. But they’re already starting to ask what’s next.

By Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman With nearly six months left before Election Day, national party committees have already reserved more than $72 million in television airtime for a fall campaign that’s shaping up as a Super Bowl-like spectacle of political advertising.