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Mitt Romney teases Feb. 15 announcement for Senate bid decision

Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, plans in two weeks to end the speculation about whether he plans to run for the U.S. Senate in Utah.

February 1, 2018

Rep. Luke Messer embraces Notre Dame leprechaun in mascot debate

Rep. Luke Messer sided Thursday with fans of Notre Dame's "Fighting Irish" leprechaun mascot after an ESPN host said it should be retired as part of a purge of sports logos that have come to be seen as offensive and racist.

February 1, 2018

Conor Lamb outraises Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania House race

Democrat Conor Lamb has opened up a fundraising lead over Republican state Sen. Rick Saccone in their special election race in western Pennsylvania, according to campaign finance reports.

February 1, 2018

Trump surge traps Democrats in ‘resistance’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was an island unto herself on Tuesday, sticking out sorely as she stood and clapped for President Trump's call to respect the national anthem.

January 31, 2018

GOP trying to sink Conor Lamb with Pelosi attack

Republicans are hoping that distaste for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will once again help them defend a congressional seat -- this time in western Pennsylvania, where the party and allied super PACs are warning voters that Democrat Conor Lamb's opposition to the Trump tax cuts shows he will join the Californian's "liberal flock."

January 31, 2018

Joe Kennedy III shiny lips light up Twitter

Sen. Marco Rubio's 2013 response to the State of the Union is remembered for the Florida Republican's need to take a swig of water, while then-Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine's 2006 rebuttal is remembered for his jumpy eyebrow.

January 30, 2018

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood president, warns against abortion restrictions

Cecile Richards said the Trump administration and GOP lawmakers have tried to use "the power of the state to deny women health care" and "their right to an abortion."

January 30, 2018

Barbara Lee skips State of Union, says Trump ‘denigrated’ presidency

Rep. Barbara Lee accused President Trump of peddling lies, bullying political opponents and "fanning the flames of racism, sexism and bigotry."

January 30, 2018

Democrats add speeches to official response with Joe Kennedy III

Democrats remain a conductor-less choir a year into President Trump's tenure, delivering a cacophony of responses to his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

January 30, 2018

Joe Kennedy III to deliver State of the Union response speech

Democrats looking to rebuild President Obama's election-winning hope-and-change coalition of women and minorities have chosen a white guy named Kennedy to deliver their chief response to President Trump's State of the Union.

January 29, 2018

Kirsten Gillibrand invites Carmen Yulin Cruz, San Juan mayor and Trump critic, to SOTU address

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York plans to bring San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, a major critic of President Trump's response to the hurricane last year that slammed Puerto Rico, to the State of the Union address this week in Washington.

January 29, 2018

Joe Biden set to headline Indianapolis fundraiser for Sen. Joe Donnelly next month

Former Vice President Biden is scheduled to parachute into Indiana to lend his political starpower to incumbent Sen. Joe Donnelly at a fundraiser next month.

January 26, 2018

Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, dinged over Chuck Schumer fundraiser

Sen. Joe Donnelly's rivals are taking aim at him over news reports indicating the Indiana Democrat is set to attend a fundraiser this weekend headlined by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, who Republicans have blamed for orchestrating the recent government shutdown.

January 26, 2018

Conor Lamb, Democrat, will be a ‘sheep’ for Nancy Pelosi, conservative group warns in attack ad

A Republican group is poking fun at Conor Lamb's surname and his attempts to distance himself from Nancy Pelosi, cautioning voters in a new ad that he is going to be a liberal "sheep" for the polarizing House Democratic leader if he wins an open congressional seat in western Pennsylvania.

January 26, 2018

Luke Messer, Indiana GOP Senate candidate, circulates petition against NFL over ‘Please Stand’ ad

A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Indiana is circulating a petition demanding the NFL rethink its decision to not run a one-page "Please Stand" advertisement that a military veterans group wanted included in the Super Bowl program.

January 25, 2018

Virginia school board renames Jefferson Davis Middle School after slave

A Virginia school board has renamed a middle school that has been named after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States, according to the Daily Press.

January 25, 2018

U.S. Conference of Mayors cancels meeting with President Trump over immigration beef

Some of the country's top mayors canceled a planned meeting with President Trump on Wednesday to protest his attempted crackdown on sanctuary cities, complaining he was hurting their ability to "protect immigrant communities."

January 24, 2018

Senate Conservatives Fund backs Patrick Morrisey in West Virginia GOP Senate primary

The Senate Conservatives Fund on Wednesday endorsed West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

January 24, 2018

Republican governors in New England defy Donald Trump, gain voter approval

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed legislation this week loosening the state's pot laws, putting the Republican at odds on the issue with the Trump administration, which just announced a federal crackdown on marijuana.

January 23, 2018

Democrat special election wins signal Republican midterm trouble

Democrats in special election races are easily topping the numbers put up by the party's 2016 presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, suggesting energized voters and big troubles for Republicans heading into November.

January 22, 2018