
Guns dominate race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
After months of drama surrounding Jesse Jackson Jr.'s seat in Congress, the race to replace the congressman with the prominent name has pivoted to a ...
House members negotiate a proposal on immigration
A group of a half-dozen House members, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, is nearing completion of wide-ranging immigration ...
Colbert's sister entering SC congressional race
No joke. While comedian Stephen Colbert once spoofed that he was running for the president of the United States of South Carolina, his sister really ...

Ex-SC Gov. Sanford to announce run for Congress
Nearly four years after his affair with an Argentine woman was exposed, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford plans to announce his return to ...
Trotter cites legal trouble in ending US House run
An Illinois state lawmaker who was a frontrunner to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's ending his candidacy because he doesn't want ...

Hawaii lieutenant gov. picked to fill Senate seat
Hawaii's lieutenant governor and former head of President Barack Obama's 2008 election effort there has been named the state's newest U.S.

Ex-SC Gov Sanford eyes politics again after affair
When Mark Sanford walked out of the governor's mansion in 2011, he had been censured by the Legislature over state travel expenses he used for an ...

Rep. Tim Scott picked to replace DeMint in Senate
Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott to the U.S. Senate on Monday, making him the South's first black Republican senator since Reconstruction in ...

Some conservatives rebel over 'fiscal cliff' talks
Some conservative House Republicans are making life difficult for Speaker John Boehner as he reaches for a "fiscal cliff" pact with President Barack ...

Liberal icon Frank eyes high-profile retirement
Even in retirement, Barney Frank promises to antagonize the right wing. The 72-year-old Massachusetts representative ends a storied congressional ...

Boehner: a dealmaker and a survivor in tight spot
It's been just a month on the calendar but seemingly a lifetime in politics since House Speaker John Boehner got a pricey bottle of red wine from ...
Former tea party leader blames GOP for setbacks
The Republican Party and stupid statements by some candidates are to blame for GOP losses in last month's congressional elections, the former leader ...

Boustany defeats Landry for La. congressional seat
Louisiana congressman Charles Boustany won a fifth term on Saturday by handily defeating his fellow Republican incumbent, Jeff Landry, in a runoff ...

Tea party group chief quits, cites internal split
Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential Republican fundraiser, former GOP House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left the ...

GOP issues a new 'fiscal cliff' offer to Obama
House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age ...

Son's woes weigh heavily on the Rev. Jesse Jackson
In the cluttered office where he's met with some of the nation's top politicians and preachers, penned rousing speeches and planned civil rights ...

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 ...

Ex-US Rep. Reynolds latest to seek Jackson's seat
Just a few blocks from a courthouse where he was convicted of fraud and a few miles from another where he was convicted of having sex with a minor, ...