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Unwavering NRA opposes any new gun restrictions
An unwavering National Rifle Association said Sunday that new gun regulations would not make children safer and that a White House task force on gun ...
One by one, shattered Newtown buries its dead
One by one by one by one, each with fresh heartbreak, hearses crisscrossed two New England towns on Wednesday, bearing three tiny victims of the Sandy ...
Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons
Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national ...
New Faces: Newly elected US senators
A look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election: ARIZONA Republican Jeff Flake, the congressman who won Arizona's open U.S.
Big names in sports thrown for losses by voters
On a night when sports and politics went 1-on-1, name recognition scored few points with voters. Linda McMahon, linked with her husband to pro ...
Obama powers to re-election despite weak economy
President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his ...
Democrats maintain control of Senate
Democrats handily secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, ...
Ex-wrestling executive pinned in Conn. Senate race
Big-spending former wrestling executive Linda McMahon was smacked down again in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, losing on a night when sports ...
New Congress likely to frustrate Obama or Romney
No matter who is elected president, he's likely to find that the next Congress will remain what the current one has been for President Barack Obama ...
A state-by-state look at Tuesday's election
A state by state look at key races and measures on the ballot on Tuesday. The number of electoral votes is in parenthesis. Alabama (9) — Safe for ...
GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained ...
A state by state look at the election
A state by state look at key races on the ballot on Tuesday. The number of electoral votes is in parenthesis. Alabama (9) — Safe for Republican Mitt ...
Indiana complicates GOP's Senate math
Fresh signs that Democrats could snatch Indiana's Senate seat from the Republicans make it distinctly harder for the GOP to seize the Senate majority ...
AP NewsBreak: Obama backs Murphy in new TV ad
President Barack Obama is appearing in a new TV ad, urging Connecticut voters to support Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy for the U.S. Senate.
New England shapes up as Dem firewall for Senate
Democrats are counting on their New England friends to help them pick up Republican-held Senate seats on Nov. 6 and construct a barrier against losses ...
GOP's McMahon ad targets Conn. Obama voters
GOP Senate candidate Linda McMahon is courting ticket-splitters in a new ad in which four supporters of President Barack Obama, who has a double-digit ...
Presidential race buffets fight for Senate control
The party that runs the Senate next year may be decided by how well President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney do in toss-up states like Nevada, Ohio, ...
McMahon says she avoids specifics on some issues
Republican candidate Linda McMahon says she hasn't offered specifics throughout Connecticut's Senate race for changing Social Security and Medicare ...
Voter ticket-splitting could determine next Senate
The close race for majority control of the Senate comes down to whether Republican candidates in Massachusetts and Connecticut can win over President ...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices as campaign issue
A closely divided Supreme Court. Four justices in their 70s. Presidential candidates with dramatically different views of the ideal high court nominee
Tight Senate, House races turn snarky and personal
Short on time and tempers, House and Senate candidates in tight races are turning snarky and personal in their attacks on their opponents. The stakes, ...
More motherly McMahon aims for GOP upset in Conn.
Wealthy former professional wrestling executive Linda McMahon is shifting her image from groin-kicking CEO to grandmother in her second bid for Senate ...
In Virginia, rivals for Senate talk up cooperation
Democrat Tim Kaine talks a lot about Republicans — the ones in his family, the ones he's worked with and the ones he hopes will help him bridge the ...
Congressional Democrats seize on Romney video
Democrats running for the House and Senate are pouncing on Mitt Romney's remarks that nearly half of all Americans think they are "victims" entitled ...