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Chris Christie Raises $6.5 Million Before Primary

Chris Christie Raises $6.5 Million Before Primary

Gov. Chris Christie's latest filing shows he has raised $6.5 million before the June 4 primary. Read »

May 24, 2013
Pittsburgh Skyline Featured in Weiner's Campaign Website

Pittsburgh Skyline Featured in Weiner's Campaign Website

As Anthony Weiner launched his first day on the trail for New York City mayor Thursday, his campaign scrambled... Read »

May 23, 2013
Anthony Weiner on Campaign Trail:

Anthony Weiner on Campaign Trail: "I'm Sorry"

Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to New York City voters on Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral... Watch »

May 24, 2013
Speaker Silver Proposes Reforms, Admits

Speaker Silver Proposes Reforms, Admits "Glaring Failure" in...

Now that disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez is out of Albany, the focus is shifting to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver... Watch »

May 20, 2013
Kerry: Diplomatic Missions Dangerous Well Before Benghazi

Kerry: Diplomatic Missions Dangerous Well Before Benghazi

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Foreign Service Institute regarding security overseas on Monday. Watch »

May 20, 2013
NJ Assembly Takes Up 4 Gun Bills

NJ Assembly Takes Up 4 Gun Bills

The Assembly is planning final votes on the first four new gun-related laws expected to reach Gov. Read »

May 20, 2013
Vito Lopez Resigns Amid Sex Harass Accusations

Vito Lopez Resigns Amid Sex Harass Accusations

The resignation of a New York state assemblyman embroiled in a sex harassment scandal has become official a... Watch »

May 20, 2013
Vito Lopez Reverses Course, Will Resign Monday

Vito Lopez Reverses Course, Will Resign Monday

The New York assemblyman accused of asking young female staffers to massage him, touch his cancerous tumors... Read »

May 18, 2013
Vito Lopez to Resign Amid Sex Harass Scandal

Vito Lopez to Resign Amid Sex Harass Scandal

Democratic State Assemblyman Vito Lopez says he will resign amid a sexual harassment scandal and run for New... Read »

May 17, 2013
Silver to Propose Lopez Ouster Over Harassment Allegations

Silver to Propose Lopez Ouster Over Harassment Allegations

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will introduce legislation on Friday recommending that state lawmakers expe... Read »

May 17, 2013
House Votes to Repeal Health Care Law for 37th Time

House Votes to Repeal Health Care Law for 37th Time

Thirty-seventh time's a charm? Not quite, at least not for Republicans in the House who want the 2010... Read »

May 16, 2013
WATCH: Obama Speaks on IRS Scandal

WATCH: Obama Speaks on IRS Scandal

President Barack Obama is delivering a statement on the growing IRS scandal. Read »

May 15, 2013
White House Pushes Media Shield Law After AP Subpoena

White House Pushes Media Shield Law After AP Subpoena

A media shield law is again being pushed in the Senate, thanks to outrage from press freedom advocates at the Justic... Read »

May 15, 2013
DA: Vito Lopez Conduct

DA: Vito Lopez Conduct "Alarming," Not Criminal

A New York prosecutor decided Wednesday that Assemblyman Vito Lopez's behavior toward women on his staff... Read »

May 15, 2013
New Controversies Threaten Obama's 2nd-Term Agenda

New Controversies Threaten Obama's 2nd-Term Agenda

Benghazi talking points, the Associated Press' phone records and now the IRS scandal — that spate of... Read »

May 15, 2013
Killer Windmills: Wind Energy Leaves Trail of Dead Eagles

Killer Windmills: Wind Energy Leaves Trail of Dead Eagles

Spinning wind turbines are killing thousands of federally protected birds, including eagles, each Watch »

May 14, 2013
5 Questions on IRS' Targeting of Tea Party Groups

5 Questions on IRS' Targeting of Tea Party Groups

Yet more of Washington was balking at the behavior of the Internal Revenue Service on Monday with the news that the... Watch »

May 14, 2013
Obama: Focus on Benghazi Talking Points a

Obama: Focus on Benghazi Talking Points a "Sideshow"

President Barack Obama blasted critics' scrutiny of his administration's immediate response to the attacks on... Watch »

May 13, 2013
Rand Paul Challenges Hillary Clinton in Key Iowa Speech

Rand Paul Challenges Hillary Clinton in Key Iowa Speech

Sen. Rand Paul delivered critical words about the Obama administration and Secretary of State Hillary... Read »

May 11, 2013
Obama: Don't Be

Obama: Don't Be "Bamboozled" by Health Law Critics

The president pitched his healthcare plan to moms nationwide by focusing on the law's specific benefits for women. Read »

May 10, 2013
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