(AP) Puerto Rico vote endorses statehood with asteriskBy BEN FOX and DANICA COTOAssociated PressSAN JUAN, Puerto RicoPuerto Ricans have supported U.S. statehood in a vote that jubilant members of the pro-statehood party say is the strongest sign yet that the
Correction: The article below reported Speaker John Boehner’s remarks based on a CNBC report that took his quote out of context. He was referring explicitly to tax revenues, not tax rates, in his remarks. The day after Obama’s spend, spend,
Orlando Sentinel: Look out, Congress. Alan Grayson is coming back. The fiery Orlando Democrat won a double-digit victory on Tuesday night, besting Republican Todd Long in Florida’s newly created 9th Congressional District.
Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy won another House term serving northwestern Wisconsin’s 7th District in Tuesday’s election. He had been heavily targeted by Democrats with outside money because his seat had been held by Democratic Rep. Dave Obey, who retired in
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama will face the same divided Congress in 2013.
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Rising Republican star Mia Love, who would have become the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, was defeated in Utah on Tuesday by a moderate Democrat known for crossing party lines. Six-time Democratic incumbent
Multiple sources have cited the Associated Press calling the race for Minnesota’s 6th congressional district in favor of incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann. The vote tally for Bachmann and Democratic challenger Jim Graves remained too close to call through Tuesday night.
By ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublicans had renewed control of the House within their grasp early Wednesday as the two parties traded gains from the Eastern seaboard to the Southwest. Shortly past midnight in the East, Democrats had knocked off nine GOP
The GOP might have lost a U.S. Senate seat in Indiana today, but Republican’s will hold the governor’s seat. The AP: Republican Mike Pence will be Indiana’s next governor after a victory that helps extend his party’s control of the Statehouse.
(AP) – Republican Andy Barr of Kentucky has become the first challenger of the 2012 House elections to unseat an incumbent. Barr defeated Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler, who is serving his fourth term representing the district centered in Kentucky horse
Sherrod Brown claims his opposition to capital punishment stems from his understanding of the Bible. He also claims Jesus would oppose free trade and tax cuts. Brown made these remarks in yet another recently uncovered speech. According to the senator,
Once again, President Obama is taking Governor Mitt Romney out of context. In a 2007 CNN Republican presidential debate the panel was asked, “If hypothetically Roe v Wade was overturned, and the Congress passed a federal ban on all abortion,
Veterans protested outside of Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (D-VA) office last Thursday and Friday over comments the incumbent Democrat made insinuating his Republican challenger–former Green Beret Republican Chris Perkins–had not put in the requisite “sweat equity” in getting to know the
True the Vote, the Texas-based nonpartisan nonprofit leading our nation’s efforts to protect election and voter registration systems, gathered this evening for a final meeting of the minds before the November 6, 2012 US presidential elections. Under fire from vote
Touting his ideas of “civility” in politics, Texas Democrat Nick Lampson instead physically pushed at a blogger and tried to grab his video camera away from him. In the beginning of the encounter, Democrat Lampson is seen calmly discussing with
An influential paper with the Orthodox Jewish Community in New York, the Jewish Star, strongly endorsed Mitt Romney for president today. The editorial was titled, “The New Jewicide,” and clearly delineated why Barack Obama is dangerous for the Jewish people
Today, speaking in Concord, New Hampshire, trying to look bipartisan, Barack Obama made this incredible statement: “As long as I’m president, I’ll work with anybody.” He can’t be serious. For a start, let’s take a look at immigration reform. In
As Long Island struggled to recover from Hurricane Sandy, the area’s most influential newspaper, NewsDay, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on Saturday. In 2008, the paper endorsed Barack Obama: Had Barack Obama done the job of president with the same
Friday, in a shocking move, Local 150, an AFL-CIO member and the largest local in the 8th congressional district of Illinois, endorsed Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, a Tea Party favorite, for reelection to Congress. The union had endorsed Barack Obama
In the remote Jinggang mountains, China’s future communist elite are being trained in Mao Zedong’s former guerrilla base, an effort to buttress the revolutionary roots of a regime striving to maintain its legitimacy. The Communist Party’s embrace of state-directed capitalism
JINGGANGSHAN (China) (AFP) – The Communist Party’s embrace of state-directed capitalism has utterly transformed China since Mao died in 1976. But heading into a once-a-decade power shift next week, it still plays a balancing act with its founding ideology. At the
Conservatives rightfully fear a second term for President Obama, but seem barely aware of the biggest threat posed by his re-election. Yes, there’s plenty of reason to worry about what Obama will pressure Congress into or do unilaterally through executive
Whoever wins next week’s presidential election may shape the Supreme Court for the next generation of Americans, highlighting how important Tuesday’s election is to the high court’s future constitutional integrity. Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy — both of whom
November 6 isn’t just the presidential election. All 435 seats in the Republican-led House of Representatives and 33 seats in the Democratic-majority Senate are also up for grabs — and the battle for Congress will weigh heavily on the future
A former Ohio Democratic congressman has endorsed Mitt Romney for president in a column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. James Stanton, who served the Cleveland City Council for 11 years, six of them as council president, and then served in
