New Jersey gay-marriage vote set for Thursday
TRENTON — A state Senate vote that would allow gay marriage in New Jersey is expected to draw the most attention toda...
Pennsylvania lawmakers OK table games for casinos
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pennsylvania lawmakers on Wednesday completed passage of a bill to legalize games like poker...
NYC health department takes flak for "heroin manual"
NEW YORK — New York's health authorities were on the defensive Tuesday over a pamphlet likened by critics to a DIY ma...
Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd and Byron Dorgan to retire
Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a five-term Democrat whose political stock began falling after the financial me...
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Won’t Seek Second Term
Gov. Bill Ritter will announce today that he is withdrawing from the 2010 race for governor, numerous sources close t...
Bakersfield airport closed by suspicious bag; honey found inside
The Meadows Field airport in Bakersfield, Calif., was shut down for several hours Tuesday after a checked bag set off...
New York Governor To Propose Term Limits For Albany
Governor David Paterson is expected to unveil a set of sweeping proposals to crack down on political corruption -- in...
Two die as plane from Detroit area crashes near Chicago
WaterfordTownship -- The pilot and co-pilot of a cargo jet that plunged into a river near Chicago on Tuesday died in ...
Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer Resigns
TALLAHASSEE - Bowing to months of criticism over his handling of party finances and his meddling in campaigns, Florid...
Iran likely to reject a visit by US Sen. John Kerry
WASHINGTON - A quiet bid by Massachusetts Senator John F. Kerry to visit Iran is on the verge of being publicly rebuf...
Democrat-Turned-Republican Congressman's Staff Resigns En Masse
An Alabama representative's decision to leave the Democratic party and become a Republican has been met by a mass res...
GOP Chief: Republicans 'Screwed Up' After Reagan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele offers a simple explanation for why the GOP all too often...
U.S. Feared Spectacular Terror Attack at Obama's Inauguration
WASHINGTON -- As millions converged on Washington last year to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, se...
Seth Williams vows toughness, but mercy: Sworn in as first black district attorney in Pennsylvania
DISTRICT Attorney Seth Williams pledged to retool the prosecutor's office as he was sworn in yesterday, promising to ...
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino sworn in to historic fifth term
Standing on a stage in Faneuil Hall before hundreds of supporters, Mayor Thomas M. Menino was sworn in for a historic...
Mike McGinn sworn in as Seattle's new mayor
SEATTLE -- A man who entered the political stage as an outsider last year has been sworn in as the city's 52nd mayor.
Obama adviser says Cheney is wrong in criticism
WASHINGTON -- Dick Cheney's withering criticism of the Obama White House's terrorism-fighting policies came under an ...
Barack Obama effigy found hanging in Jimmy Carter's home town
An effigy of Barack Obama has been found hanging from a building in Plains, Georgia, the home of former US president ...
Fire Destroys Pennsylvania State Senator's Home
Wind-driven flames ripped through the Montgomery County home of State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf about 3:15 a.m. yesterda...
Give Homeland Security role in U.S. visas: Sen. Lieberman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Homeland Security Department rather than the State Department should handle U.S. visas ove...
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