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First it was Chris Christie, humbled by members of his staff who impeded access to a bridge from New Jersey into Manhattan in an apparent act of political retribution.
Now it's Scott Walker, who prosecutors in Wisconsin believe acted criminally by c...
Updated: Jun 21, 2014 at 12:47 PM
Various factions of the GOP continue to rummage through House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's astonishing primary loss for confirmation of their pre-existing views. The entire enterprise of turning 36,000 votes in the Richmond suburbs into received po...
Updated: Jun 19, 2014 at 02:05 AM
RICHMOND, Va. — Dave Brat doesn't like being tagged a Tea Partyer, his dad says.
“He doesn't like those labels,” said Paul Brat, who's been watching his son shoot to the top of American political news with his stunning primary defeat Tuesday of Hou...
Updated: Jun 12, 2014 at 10:43 AM
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Congressman Peter Roskam of Wheaton plans to try to move up a spot on the House Republican leadership team in the wake of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's stunning primary loss Tuesday, sources close to h...
Updated: Jun 12, 2014 at 06:54 AM
DuPage County's Democratic organization doesn't want to concede two high-profile countywide positions and several county board seats to the Republicans without a fight.
To prevent that from happening, the party has picked candidates to run in the No...
Updated: Jun 04, 2014 at 05:56 PM
SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers have nearly completed approving a spending plan that puts off big questions about the state's financial future and how much its residents should pay in taxes until after the contentious November election.
The debate ove...
Updated: May 31, 2014 at 09:08 AM
ATLANTA - Heading into a busy primary day, Republicans around the country are pleading with voters to turn out in high-profile races that will help determine which party controls the Senate for the final two years of President Barack Obama's tenure....
Updated: May 20, 2014 at 12:11 PM
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell dispatched his tea party challenger with ease Tuesday night, and Democrats turned to two women, Alison Lundergan Grimes to oppose him in Kentucky and Michelle Nunn to fight for Georgia, in electi...
Updated: May 20, 2014 at 10:36 PM
WASHINGTON - Tuesday's high-profile primary elections may extend a streak of sorts for Tea Party Republicans: losing individual races but winning the larger ideological war by tugging the GOP rightward.
Several Tea Party-endorsed candidates are stru...
Updated: May 18, 2014 at 07:12 PM
WASHINGTON - In the latest prep work for a presidential campaign, Rand Paul is conspicuously courting moderate and establishment Republicans while Ted Cruz keeps up a travel schedule that has 2016 written all over it. Jeb Bush is stirring from somet...
Updated: May 17, 2014 at 11:13 AM