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U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen explained a tweet in which he said a black man called him black by saying, "My constituents don't look at me as a white person."
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is not the father of a woman he thought was his out-of-wedlock daughter, a paternity test revealed.
The Issue: Discord between state, federal marijuana laws just crazy
Is the grass turning greener for marijuana laws in the United States?
A woman U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., described as a family friend is really his daughter, and he didn't know about her until three years ago, an aide said.
Giffords officially vacates House seat
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., officially resigned from Congress Wednesday to focus on recovering from a gunshot wound she got during a 2011 shooting spree.
Warhol's Taylor portrait up for sale
Andy Warhol's 1963 portrait of screen icon Elizabeth Taylor is expected to fetch at least $20 million at a New York auction, The Wall Street Journal said.
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton says he is resigning his post in order to seek a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A white Jewish congressman in a majority black district in Memphis beat a controversial Democratic primary challenger Thursday, election returns showed.
The campaign of a Tennessee attorney running in the Democratic congressional primary is invoking race and religion in ads against the incumbent.
The U.S. House of Representatives, on a voice vote Tuesday, approved a resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation of African-Americans.
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Obama visits Sandwich Shot in Washington, D.C.
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool