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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Eight people charged with conspiring to riot during last year's Republican National Convention in St. Paul will be tried together. Ramsey County District Judge Teresa Warner says
As the Senate clears key funding measure, deficit hawks angle for a deal to tackle debt.
The U.S. Senate has passed a spending bill totaling more than $1 trillion.
As 2009 draws to a close, I compiled a selection of quotes from leading newsmakers as a way of highlighting some of the biggest news stories of the year.
The Senate passed a huge end-of-the-year $1.1 trillion omnibus spending measure Sunday afternoon by a vote of 57-35. Read more...
What you do after 2010 or don’t get caught doing until then is your own business since you’ll already have their money.
"Providence" is a term we overuse to explain those times when everything works out in spite of impossible odds. But more often than not, Providence...
Just days before the House voted on its sweeping health care reform legislation, Democratic Rep. Dina Titus explained why she wanted the long debate to come to a close: Southern Nevadans need work. “I’m ready to vote for it and move on to creating jobs,” Titus said in early November.
By Wayne Grayson Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | The traffic started under a gray Saturday sky with cold air and a slight drizzle as the cars streamed toward Coleman Coliseum’s warm, bright interior. On the main level of the coliseum, proud families and friends shuffled about, talking on cell phones and checking their cameras’ battery levels.
The congressional faction of the Republican Party remains front and center as its members battle President Obama and the Democrats over health care, financial regulatory overhaul, climate change and just about every other domestic issue.
WASHINGTON — The congressional wing of the Republican Party remains front and center as its members battle President...
The congressional wing of the Republican Party remains front and center as its members battle President Obama and the Democrats over health care, financial regulatory reform, climate change and just about every other domestic issue. But it is increasingly clear that the future of the GOP rests in...
Despite a recent vote of confidence, key party leaders still want to oust the state chairman.
Intra-party squabbling among conservatives – especially with Tea Partiers thrown into the mix – is not good news for the GOP. They're beginning to act like Democrats.
Lisa A. Kline's five best fashion tricks to look your ladylike, professional best.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.- The only Republican candidate for Rhode Island governor in 2010, Rory Smith, dropped out of the race Friday just two months after launching his campaign,...
THE TAKE | It is clear that the future of the GOP rests in the hands of the Republican governors.
The nation's health care debate heated up in Mississippi on Friday, with a visit from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and reaction from local politicians on both sides of the issue.
An increasingly fractious challenge to the Republican Party from its own conservative base could relegate the party to indefinite minority status, some Republicans fear.
Republican National Committee members have proposed a resolution that some call a "purity test" for GOP candidates and officeholders.
JACKSON, MS (WLOX) - Republican leaders met Friday in Jackson to discuss "reinvigorating" the Republican party. "Grassroots out there are rising up and we need to be a part of that tide," said Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele.
