Tag Archives: Politics

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Months after batting down speculation he was considering retirement, Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack is running for reelection against a state lawmaker who is trying to port...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The biggest winner of the Republican primary season so far, besides Donald Trump, might be Tim Scott. The South Carolina senator failed in his own bid for president. But his enth...

WASHINGTON (AP) - As an independent, Christian Miller can't vote in Pennsylvania's closed presidential primary in April. He said it wouldn't matter even if he could. "You're not really voting for anyt...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A small but substantial chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they would be so dissatisfied if Donald Trump became the party's presidential nominee that they would not vo...

The CBC's latest plans to shave costs by cutting staff and programming is raising pointed questions about what lies ahead for the beleaguered public agency. Amid a projected shortfall and expected bel...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Donald Trump has endorsed North Carolina Lt. Gov Mark Robinson for governor, fulfilling a pledge the former president made several months ago. At a rally Saturday in Greensboro, T...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - There's a lot less fanfare for Democrats in Iowa picking their presidential nominee this year, and it's not only because Democratic incumbent Joe Biden is in the White House. I...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana county lost its top election official nearly every other month over the last year after a longtime supervisor resigned following a counting error in the November 20...

Abraham "Snake" Ah Hee rides waves when the surf's up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina, Hawaii, resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jok...

CHICAGO (AP) - An unusual legal challenge may upend the future of a Chicago ballot measure that would hike a real estate tax on high-end property sales to fund services for homeless people. Such cityw...