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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 politics and run for his old congressional seat.

Tuesday - 01/15/2013, 07:55pm EST

Ron Paul's GOP legacy growing in states like Iowa

Ron Paul is exiting the political stage, but his legions of followers insist they are only getting started.

Tuesday - 01/15/2013, 04:02pm EST

Obama to take private oath in brief family service

President Barack Obama's private swearing-in will be a brief, sparsely attended ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House.

Tuesday - 01/15/2013, 03:43pm EST

Reid denies involvement in Utah businessman scheme

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office said Monday he was never involved in a deal to have a Utah businessman pay the senator to make a federal investigation disappear.

Monday - 01/14/2013, 08:29pm EST

Congress looks at local voting delays

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a public forum in Woodbridge, Va. to talk about election reforms.

Monday - 01/14/2013, 05:39pm EST
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THE RESET: Obama: voters would blame both parties

President Barack Obama makes congressional Republicans the villains in the government's drama of lurching from crisis to crisis. But he also suggests Americans would "blame all of Washington" if there's a government shutdown or delays in Social Security benefits and other payments.

Monday - 01/14/2013, 02:14pm EST

Colin Powell says GOP having `an identity problem'

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having "an identity problem."

Sunday - 01/13/2013, 12:56pm EST

Shifting landscape as Brown mulls Mass. Senate run

Scott Brown was a little-known Republican state senator who shocked Massachusetts Democrats three years ago by winning a U.S. Senate seat in a special election that became a national rallying cry for the nascent tea party movement.

Saturday - 01/12/2013, 04:02pm EST

NJ mayor Booker can raise money for US Senate bid

Newark Mayor Cory Booker has taken an initial step toward running for U.S. Senate in 2014, adding intrigue to his political future and that of 88-year-old fellow Democrat Frank Lautenberg, who currently holds the seat.

Friday - 01/11/2013, 08:11pm EST

Ill. governor seeks to overcome pension setback

After singling out Illinois' worst-in-the-nation pension crisis as the most important issue of his governorship, Pat Quinn could only watch this week as his latest self-imposed deadline evaporated with almost no progress in a Legislature over which he has little sway.

Thursday - 01/10/2013, 05:25pm EST

Mass. governor pressed to name Frank to Kerry seat

Liberal groups have launched twin online petitions aimed at pressuring Gov. Deval Patrick to temporarily name former congressman Barney Frank to U.S. Sen. John Kerry's seat if Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state.

Thursday - 01/10/2013, 02:42pm EST

Medgar Evers' widow to offer invocation for Obama

The widow of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers will deliver the invocation at President Barack Obama's second inauguration on Jan. 21.

Tuesday - 01/08/2013, 02:43pm EST

Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever

The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever.

Saturday - 01/05/2013, 09:25pm EST

Electoral College count affirms Obama's win

Congress made the obvious official on Friday. President Barack Obama has been re-elected.

Friday - 01/04/2013, 08:00pm EST

Obama '08 campaign fined $375,000 by FEC

President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign has been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for reporting violations related to a set of donations received during the final days of the campaign.

Friday - 01/04/2013, 06:35pm EST

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. Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul voted against it. And Vice President Joe Biden helped broker the deal with GOP leaders in the Senate.

Thursday - 01/03/2013, 02:51am EST

Cuccinelli campaign for governor names manager

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's Republican chose a campaign veteran to run his race for the governor's office.

Monday - 12/31/2012, 05:22pm EST

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 the felony gun charges he faces to detract from the district's important issues.

Sunday - 12/30/2012, 01:02am EST

Hawaii lieutenant gov. picked to fill Senate seat

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz on Wednesday was appointed the state's next U.S. senator, bucking the dying wishes of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye to win the support of Gov. Neil Abercrombie.

Wednesday - 12/26/2012, 10:26pm EST

GOP shows signs of bending after election defeat

For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral drubbing, some party leaders and rank-and-file alike are signaling a willingness to bend on all three issues.

Wednesday - 12/26/2012, 12:58pm EST
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