Professional wrestling tycoon Linda McMahon has tripled her lead over former Rep. Christopher Shays in the Republican primary for Connecticut's open U.S. Senate seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday morning. Published June 6 2012
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, one of Mitt Romney's most vocal supporters, said Tuesday night's Republican win in Wisconsin is a bad omen for the Chicago-based re-election campaign of President Obama. Published June 5 2012
The Senate will hold hearings to investigate the Obama administration's recent leaks of information on secret national security programs, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday as he accused the White House of doling out the information for political purposes in an election year. Published June 5 2012
Washington lawmakers frequently complain about things moving too slowly on Capitol Hill, but one Senate Democrat is using Facebook's new timeline feature to make his point. Published June 5 2012
After the White House was peppered with questions about President Obama's distance from Wisconsin's election to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, Mr. Obama tweeted his support for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in between star-studded fundraisers in Manhattan Monday night. Published June 5 2012
Vice President Joseph R. Biden's wife, Jill, didn't rule out Tuesday that he might run for the presidency in 2016. Published June 5 2012
The Obama campaign is spending at least $10 million in battleground states this week to hammer GOP rival Mitt Romney on his record as governor of Massachusetts. Published June 4 2012
Trying to recapture the enthusiasm younger voters displayed in 2008, the Obama campaign ran three 30-second ads during Sunday night's "MTV Movie Awards" featuring actress Sarah Jessica Parker touting an upcoming fundraising contest for dinner with President Obama at her Manhattan home. Published June 4 2012
President Obama's top political strategist told Univision television that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would be making an "insult" to Hispanics if he picked Sen. Marco Rubio as his running mate in order to try to boost his showing with Hispanics. Published June 3 2012
The Coalition of African American Pastors has demanded a meeting with President Obama to try to change his mind on his personal embrace of same-sex marriage. Published June 1 2012
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Friday that the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing the unemployment rate had ticked up to 8.2 percent, is "devastating news" for the nation and more proof that President Obama's economic approach isn't working. Published June 1 2012
House Speaker John A. Boehner is not a fan of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's big-soda ban. Published June 1 2012
By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
