LOS ANGELES (AP) — Handcuffed and marched through Washington’s Dulles International Airport in his Muslim clothing, the man with the long, dark beard could only imagine what people were thinking. That scene unfolded in March 2003, a ye…

Not so long ago, Wisconsin seemed to be one of the GOP’s basket cases, a Midwestern Massachusetts where Democrats ran roughshod over a Republican Party that was shut out of nearly every high political office. Looking over the wreckage of t…

Kansas Democrats pondered Saturday how to rebuild after last year's disastrous Elections but found encouragement in a rally that brought hundreds of people to the Statehouse to wave signs, sing Protest songs and show support for the party's union …

In a twist of history, Illinois has become a safe haven for Democrats on the lam. Democratic legislators from neighboring Wisconsin and Indiana are taking a page out of history in their flight to Illinois to deny the Republican majorities in the…

Whether he makes a formal announcement or not, it's clear that Newt Gingrich is just days away deciding what to do next about a presidential run. “Newt will most certainly not announce next week, but he will have made a decision on an explor…

WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has called on Moamer Kadhafi to "leave now," declaring that the Libyan leader had lost his right to rule after attacking his own people to put down a popular uprising. Obama's most di…

Gov. Rick Scott's priorities are clear as he heads into his first legislative session — his mantra has been jobs, jobs, jobs. What's less known is his strategy in achieving his top goals of making the state business friendly and trimming Gov…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Todd Palin crashed his Snowmobile toward the end of the world's longest Snowmobile race as a rival team to surge to victory Saturday. Tyler Huntington and Chris Olds repeated as Iron Dog champions after they passing the t…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — It was the kind of dilemma that could make a new Governor wring his hands. The state Senate was considering a bill to restore higher taxes on Millionaires. Sign it, and Chris Christie would break his no-new-taxes campaig…