A day after former Baptist minister and likely presidential rival Mike Huckabee offered a withering critique of Mitt Romney's record, the former Massachusetts governor made his pitch to the same group of religious conservatives.
The White House found itself on the defensive Friday over what would ordinarily be considered the most uncontroversial of events: a back-to-school speech to the nation's children.
Plagued by record budget deficits and massive job losses, local and state officials are looking to the federal government for immediate help.
One of the last remaining steps in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race recount was temporarily halted Saturday morning when attorneys with Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's campaign attempted to stop the counting of about 950 improperly rejected absentee ballots.
Sen. John Cornyn weighed in on Minnesota's close and still unresolved U.S. Senate race, saying Friday that no one should be seated until a winner is made official by both Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
The choice of the Alaska governor adds to the historic nature of the '08 election race
John McCain, meanwhile, will name his v.p. choice on his Aug. 29 birthday
With Sen. John McCain touring Pennsylvania with his good friend and the state's popular former governor, Tom Ridge, the buzz is inevitably building about the Republican presidential candidate's choice for running mate.
It is vice presidential season, where every picture looks like a campaign brochure and introductions sound like tryouts.
If conventional wisdom is correct and Barack Obama's vice presidential selection is days away, should John McCain pounce with his own veep announcement?
A day after former Baptist minister and likely presidential rival Mike Huckabee offered a withering critique of Mitt Romney's record, the former Massachusetts governor made his pitch to the same group of religious conservatives.
The White House found itself on the defensive Friday over what would ordinarily be considered the most uncontroversial of events: a back-to-school speech to the nation's children.
Plagued by record budget deficits and massive job losses, local and state officials are looking to the federal government for immediate help.
One of the last remaining steps in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race recount was temporarily halted Saturday morning when attorneys with Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's campaign attempted to stop the counting of about 950 improperly rejected absentee ballots.
Sen. John Cornyn weighed in on Minnesota's close and still unresolved U.S. Senate race, saying Friday that no one should be seated until a winner is made official by both Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
The choice of the Alaska governor adds to the historic nature of the '08 election race
John McCain, meanwhile, will name his v.p. choice on his Aug. 29 birthday
With Sen. John McCain touring Pennsylvania with his good friend and the state's popular former governor, Tom Ridge, the buzz is inevitably building about the Republican presidential candidate's choice for running mate.
It is vice presidential season, where every picture looks like a campaign brochure and introductions sound like tryouts.
If conventional wisdom is correct and Barack Obama's vice presidential selection is days away, should John McCain pounce with his own veep announcement?
One day after it was revealed that Sen. John McCain was to hold a closed-door meeting with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, Jindal said Wednesday that there is no way he will fill the bottom half of the GOP presidential ticket.
Engineers and National Guard teams examined dams across this storm-deluged state Tuesday looking for signs of damage from the high water that led to the major collapse that nearly emptied Lake Delton
Disaster teams searched for more victims Monday in areas devastated by weekend tornadoes that killed at least seven people in the Midwest.
Tornadoes swept through the Midwest on Sunday, killing seven people in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota.
Two Minnesota state lawmakers said Friday that they have reached a deal to compensate victims of the Interstate 35 bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis last year.
Governors are debating priorities if Congress takes up a second stimulus package, with some state leaders pushing for federal money to repair infrastructure
A Minnesota transportation official defended the selection of the most expensive bid to replace the collapsed interstate bridge
Water-weary residents across the Midwest began counting their losses Tuesday as damage estimates from this weekend's deadly flash floods climbed into the tens of millions. The rain moved into Ohio, where roads flooded, schools canceled classes and residents were rescued from flooded homes by boats.
The remains of the last person missing after a bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River nearly three weeks ago have been found, authorities said Monday, bringing the official death toll to 13 and relief to the only family still awaiting word on a missing loved one.
Flags flew at half-staff at the Minnesota Capitol on Wednesday a week after a bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing at least five people and injuring about 100
State engineers recommended in 2000 that the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed last week be replaced or redecked, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday.
From parks to the banks of the Mississippi River, people across Minneapolis on Tuesday paused to remember those who died in last week's bridge disaster as the search intensified for more victims.
Investigators need to begin removing debris from the Mississippi River to further the investigation of the I-35W bridge collapse and the search for missing motorists, Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek said Monday.
In the wake of the Minneapolis collapse, engineers are developing new ways to avoid future breakdowns
Federal investigators questioned construction crews that were working on the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River when it collapsed last week, while divers Sunday continued their search for victims of the disaster.
The search for bodies in the Mississippi River was painstakingly slow as divers navigated debris and coped with low visibility after Wednesday's deadly bridge collapse, officials said.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters notified state transportation departments Thursday to immediately inspect all bridges of the same design as the one that collapsed Wednesday in Minnesota.
Nearly a quarter of the nation's roughly 600,000 major bridges carry more traffic than they were designed to bear, according to reports based on federal government data.
Divers searched the Mississippi River on Thursday for more bodies entombed in cars trapped beneath the surface. As many as 30 people remained missing
Gifts of money, e-mails with condolences and offers of counseling services flooded an Indian tribe here as it prepared for the funerals of nine victims of a school shooting.
A student on Monday killed two of his grandparents, then went on a shooting rampage at his Minnesota high school, killing seven people and wounding as many as 13 others before killing himself, officials said.
It's rare these days for an issue to break through the boundaries of partisanship. When it does, we'll call it the political Play of the Week.
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