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GOP chairman, lawmaker take heat on gay marriage
Two Illinois Republicans are finding out that for all the talk nationally of the GOP becoming more inclusive and appealing to voters by softening ...
Israel police probe alleged lawmaker voter fraud
Israeli police are investigating allegations that lawmakers from the centrist Labor Party were involved in vote-buying schemes in their primary ...
Big spending cuts mark tea party success, and risk
The pending $85 billion in federal spending cuts would seem like a tea partyer's dream. Why, then, are tea party activists and other conservatives so ...
Voters ponder guns, ethics in Jackson Jr. district
Candidates for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s former congressional seat made their final push for votes Monday ahead of a high-stakes primary, but turnout was ...
GOP senators are treading carefully with tea party
Twice burned, Republicans are treading carefully around tea party groups as they pursue a Senate majority that slipped through their fingers in 2010 ...
Unyielding GOP politicians doing what voters ask
U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz flew home from Washington last week, leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in Congress: those who ...
Gay marriage support has risks for GOP lawmakers
As more state legislatures around the country consider whether to legalize same-sex weddings, an analysis of gay marriage votes in eight states shows ...
Christie seeks to address his weight on own terms
Chris Christie began the workweek doughnut in hand, playfully embracing fat jokes on David Letterman's couch. The New Jersey governor was soon ...
Republicans scramble for the center on immigration
It was little surprise when freshman Republican Rep. Mike Coffman in 2010 voted against a bill to grant citizenship to some young illegal immigrants.
New PAC stirs GOP rivalries, tea party angst
Republicans' struggles to redefine their party are intensifying, as tea party insurgents and establishment Republicans vie to control congressional ...
Lawmakers see immigration overhaul this year
Republican and Democratic lawmakers were cautiously optimistic Sunday that a long-sought overhaul of the nation's immigration system that includes a ...
White House, senators launching immigration push
President Barack Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation's flawed immigration system and creating legal status for ...
Ga. Sen. Chambliss won't seek re-election in 2014
When Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss announced Friday that he wouldn't seek a third term in 2014, a race that already was likely to feature a contested ...
Biden meets with Democrats, stoking 2016 chatter
Joe Biden in 2016? The inauguration is barely over but the vice president already is dropping plenty of hints that he might have another political act
Chaotic Kenya primaries a preview of March poll
Political parties on Monday announced the names of those who won Kenya's primary elections, which observers said were flawed and served as a bad sign ...
Analysts: Political party polls in Kenya a failure
Political party primaries to select candidates for Kenya's March national elections have been fraught with irregularities, disorganization and ...
US Chamber makes immigration overhaul top priority
The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Thursday that the "door to the American dream must always remain open" as he announced a broad ...
Talk of GOP primaries follows 'fiscal cliff' vote
Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary ...
2016 politics on display as Congress ends term
Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP's 2012 vice presidential candidate, voted for the "fiscal cliff" compromise that raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
EPA Administrator Jackson announces resignation
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, is stepping down after nearly four years marked by ...
Analysis: GOP policies led to fiscal cliff blowup
House Republicans seem shocked by their party's meltdown on the so-called fiscal cliff. They shouldn't be. The uncompromising conservatives who ...
Florida's Crist may run again; GOP says its ready
Now that former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is a Democrat, pretty much everyone in Florida's political world expects him to seek his old job.
Leading conservative DeMint resigning Senate seat
Sen. Jim DeMint, patron saint of the tea party and a would-be Republican kingmaker, announced suddenly Thursday he would resign his South Carolina ...
Bersani wins Italy primary, heads to general vote
Pier Luigi Bersani, the head of Italy's main center-left Democratic Party, won a runoff primary Sunday to become the main center-left candidate for ...
Last House race brings 2012 election to an end
The last undecided House race has been called for the incumbent Democrat, bringing an unofficial close to the 2012 campaign more than three weeks ...