Court won't get involved in Miss. redistricting

Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Miss. redistricting that NAACP said diluted black vote

Monday - 05/20/2013, 05:00pm EDT

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Weightlifting chief Tamas Ajan wins re-election

Tamas Ajan wins another 4-year term as head of International Weightlifting Federation

Monday - 05/20/2013, 04:09pm EDT

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Column: Dustups have government's role in common

Column: Age-old debate over government's role is at heart of latest political controversies

Monday - 05/20/2013, 03:52pm EDT

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Tax breaks, campaign donations linked in DC

The District of Columbia has awarded $1.7 billion in tax breaks to developers in the past decade, and more than a third of that total has gone to 10 developers that donated the most to city politicians' campaigns over that time.

Monday - 05/20/2013, 03:19pm EDT

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Dems focus on Jackson in hitting Va. GOP ticket

Virginia Democrats denounced the new GOP ticket for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Monday - 05/20/2013, 03:15pm EDT

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Iran election overseers may bar former president

Iran election overseers hint at barring former president from running in next month's vote

Monday - 05/20/2013, 01:06pm EDT

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IRS probe ignored most influential groups

IRS targeted tea party but ignored most influential political groups

Monday - 05/20/2013, 10:28am EDT

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Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

A look at the tangle of money in politics: the IRS and its tea party tempest

Monday - 05/20/2013, 09:24am EDT

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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Why Benghazi stays in the news: Smoke and bombs in Libya, mistakes and politics in US

Monday - 05/20/2013, 06:10am EDT

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Jackson chosen as Va. GOP lieutenant governor nominee

Virginia Republicans have chosen firebrand conservative minister E.W. Jackson's for lieutenant governor, the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

Monday - 05/20/2013, 05:49am EDT

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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Feeling vindicated by IRS admission, tea party hopes to leverage the moment for a resurgence

Monday - 05/20/2013, 04:55am EDT

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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

As they recruit for 2014 Senate races, Democrats have their own party struggles

Monday - 05/20/2013, 03:44am EDT

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Pakistan repeats vote in Karachi despite killing

Pakistan holds repeat election in Karachi despite shooting death of senior politician

Monday - 05/20/2013, 12:32am EDT

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'Britain's Obama' urges ties with West Africa

'Britain's Obama' urges stronger economic ties with West Africa

Sunday - 05/19/2013, 05:20pm EDT

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Dissident ex-general released in Venezuela

Venezuela releases ex-general jailed in post-election crackdown on opposition

Sunday - 05/19/2013, 12:45am EDT

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Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Unopposed Cuccinelli nominated for Virginia governor at tea party-ruled GOP convention

Saturday - 05/18/2013, 07:53pm EDT

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Obenshain nominated by GOP for Va attorney general

State Sen. Mark Obenshain has won the Republican nomination for attorney general in Virginia 35 years after his father won the party's U.S. Senate nomination.

Saturday - 05/18/2013, 07:16pm EDT

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Wells throws hat into D.C. mayoral ring

With the D.C. primary less than a year away, a second candidate made it official on Saturday, as Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells told a crowd of supporters in the rain, "I am officially running to be mayor of our great city, Washington, D.C."

Saturday - 05/18/2013, 04:38pm EDT

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