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Congress ends second bag checks on some flights
Passengers arriving in the U.S. from international airports who miss connecting flights because their checked bags have to be rescreened could get ...
Republicans renew House control for 2 more years
Republicans recaptured control of the House early Wednesday, besting Democrats in a billion-dollar battle and ensuring that the chamber will be ...
Republicans renew their control of House
Republicans recaptured control of the House early Wednesday, besting Democrats in a billion-dollar battle and ensuring that the chamber will be ...
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 ...
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 ...
GOP likely to hold House after $1B campaign
You can do a lot with a billion dollars — but still not change much. This Election Day, it's likely to produce another Republican-led House that's ...
Mystery firm formed days before $5M campaign gift
A shadowy Tennessee company donated more than $5 million to a prominent conservative super political action committee days after establishing itself.
GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward ...
Aggressive ads keep abortion in campaign spotlight
Though Barack Obama and Mitt Romney rarely tackle the topic of abortion head-on, the void is being filled by rival advocacy groups targeting swing ...
House tea party icons face re-election challenges
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's tendency to cause a ruckus on Capitol Hill made her a tea party sensation. Her bulging campaign treasury and ...
House GOP freshmen face voters, now as incumbents
For Rep. Scott Rigell and other Republican House freshmen, groundskeeper Beth Richardson is a dream voter. Sanitation truck driver Jerry Brown is a ...
Dems out to reverse GOP's 2010 gains in Illinois
Pizzeria owner Bobby Schilling catapulted to Congress two years ago with robust tea party support, the endorsement of "Joe the Plumber" and a sharply ...
Many Iraq, Afghan vets choosing 'second service'
The link between U.S. military service and running for office is as old as the republic itself. It started with George Washington, who famously wrote ...
House likely to stay in GOP hands on Election Day
In one Democratic ad, a grunting, helmet-wearing actor portraying GOP Rep. Jon Runyan of New Jersey, a former football lineman, physically blocks ...
Battle-tested, female war vets run for Congress
One flew an A-10 Warthog over Iraq and Afghanistan. Another was part of the 29th Infantry Brigade's medical operations near Baghdad. A third lost both ...
APNewsBreak: Dem group, union reserve $20M ad buy
A major labor union and an outside group committed to electing Democrats to the House have reserved nearly $20 million in television ad time for the ...