Aug 05 Kansas GOP Sen. Roberts faces tea party challenge By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Establishment conservatives look to beat down the latest tea party upstart as three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts faces a challenge from Milton Wolf in Tuesday's primary in Kansas, one of four states kicking off a busy month of contests to… Continue reading
Aug 04 Former Reagan press secretary Jim Brady dies By Darlene Superville, Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press The family of James Brady, the White House press secretary who was wounded during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, says he has died. Brady was 73. Continue reading
Aug 04 Judge in USS Cole case refuses to step down for death penalty bias By David Dishneau, Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. — A military judge is refusing to step down in the case of the Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of orchestrating the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen. Continue reading
Aug 04 Republicans struggle to nail down a platform on immigration By Charles Babington, Associated Press While often a flashpoint issue among Republicans in their primaries this year, the party could get a grace period of sorts in November. Immigration appears likely to have only a modest impact on the roughly 10 Senate races that will… Continue reading
Aug 03 Candidate seeks to become first Somali-born state lawmaker in US By Associated Press Mohamud Noor, 36, has been door-knocking, phone-banking and fundraising in a race that could make him the first Somali-born state lawmaker in the U.S. With the backing of many in Minneapolis' growing Somali-American population, Noor is pressing the longtime incumbent… Continue reading
Aug 03 Republicans still don't know what to do about illegal immigration By Charles Babington, Associated Press Despite passing a measure to speed deportations in the House late last week, the issue of illegal immigration still vexes Republicans who have declared their party must resolve the problem before campaigns for the 2016 presidential election begin in earnest. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic stump speeches By News Desk The parties bus in their faithful, and thousands of pounds of mutton are served up alongside a raucous campaigning and politicking. Continue reading
Aug 01 House OK's bill for crisis on U.S.-Mexico border By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House has approved a $694 million bill to address the crisis of unaccompanied migrant youths arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch Shields and Brooks on finding a GOP 'anti-Cruz,' Middle East alliances By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 01 Obama to speak at 2:35 p.m. EDT By Associated Press Watch President Barack Obama speak from the White House live WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will deliver a statement from the White House Friday afternoon as Congress finishes its last votes before a five-week recess. House Republicans are still working… Continue reading