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ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Monday tried to distinguish himself as a leader among the party's more conservative voters by indirectly chiding presidential rivals such as Marco Rubio for skipping recent hig...
Updated: Oct 12, 2015 at 11:31 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is the front-runner in the race to become the next speaker, but he faces two Republican opponents who are trying to draw some of his support.
Four-term Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah and three-term...
Updated: Oct 08, 2015 at 12:34 PM
LONDON (AP) - From sure bet to suspended, Michel Platini's career in soccer politics could be over.
The UEFA president is likely to be barred from standing in February's emergency FIFA presidential election, with his minimum 90-day ban starting only...
Updated: Oct 08, 2015 at 05:05 PM
ZURICH (AP) - The Latest from the FIFA investigation (all time local):
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FIFA vice president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa says he has written to acting president Issa Hayatou to request an urgent meeting of the governing body's e...
Updated: Oct 08, 2015 at 04:05 PM
WASHINGTON - In a stunning move, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday withdrew his candidacy for speaker of the U.S. House.
GOP lawmakers said McCarthy told colleagues at the start of a closed meeting that he was not the right person for the j...
Updated: Oct 09, 2015 at 09:44 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is promising conservative GOP lawmakers "I'm not John Boehner" as he seeks their support to replace Boehner as speaker.
McCarthy and his two Republican rivals for the speaker's job took turns me...
Updated: Oct 08, 2015 at 06:39 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - At noon on Thursday, Republicans will gather behind closed doors and vote by secret ballot for their candidate for the most powerful job in the House, a post that's second in line to the presidency - Speaker of the House.
The Repub...
Updated: Oct 07, 2015 at 07:01 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - At noon on Thursday, Republicans will gather behind closed doors and vote by secret ballot for their candidate for the most powerful job in the House, a post that's second in line to the presidency - Speaker of the House.
The Repub...
Updated: Oct 05, 2015 at 08:01 PM
DERRY, N.H. (AP) - Inside the arena, the roar was deafening when Hillary Rodham Clinton took the stage at the annual convention of the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Thousands of people jumped to their feet to welcome their party's White House fron...
Updated: Oct 05, 2015 at 08:31 AM
Political campaigns often take on romantic undertones: Emails to supporters can sound like dinner-date invitations. The media bills crowded GOP debates as political speed-dating. And who could forget the 2014 Rick Scott ad modeled after "Say Yes to ...
Updated: Oct 05, 2015 at 07:43 AM