Ron Paul enters a crucial stretch
The Texas congressman has drawn some of the campaign's youngest, biggest and most ardent crowds, but has yet to win a state. Key contests are coming up in Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.
Ron Paul is warming up the crowd as he heads into what could be the most important stretch of his political life.
Charles and Judith Cox knew what the professional psychologists said — that their grandsons would be safe with their father, that Josh Powell would present no threat during the boys' court-ordered visits.
Romney looks to extend win streak this week
Santorum, Gingrich and Paul are looking for a burst of badly needed publicity from Tuesday's caucuses. The front-runner keeps his focus on President Obama.
With no meaningful Republican presidential primaries for another three weeks, Mitt Romney is looking to extend his win streak in a trio of largely symbolic contests Tuesday.
Proposed Utah mine expansion reflects politics of coal
An obstacle to greening L.A.'s energy portfolio is the DWP's contract with a Utah plant, which requires the city to buy coal power until 2027. The gritty fuel is now stoking controversy over energy policy, environmental damage and how much consumers should pay to kick the habit.
It was the simple beauty of the sagebrush hills and the first-rate fishing that drew Vince Salvato here 15 years ago. "All I wanted was a quiet, pristine place with clean air," he said, sipping sarsaparilla inside Bronco Bobbi's curio shop in this tiny town in southern Utah. "That's why I came here."
In the first legislative battle of the year, congressional Republicans and Democrats are back at it: another episode of one-upmanship over extending a payroll tax cut for American workers.
Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner, who is being held in a prison mental hospital, may soon be competent to stand trial for the rampage of 13 months ago, a federal judge said Monday in ordering another four months of anti-psychotic medication and therapy for him.
Texas reaches accord with some Latino groups on new election maps
The state's attorney general says the congressional boundaries are based on the Republican-led Legislature's plan as required by the U.S. Supreme Court. Some groups say they still give short shrift to minorities.
The Texas attorney general has reached an agreement with some minority groups on a plan aimed at resolving a stalemate over redistricting and minority representation in the state.
As the rancorous contest for the Republican presidential nomination spreads across the nation's heartland, the leading candidates have begun to turn off swing voters, a setback in the party's quest to unseat President Obama.
Arizona English-fluency case may have wide repercussions
A ruling that an activist's language skills are insufficient for a City Council seat unsettles border towns where Spanish is used in day-to-day life. An appeal is before the state Supreme Court.
For almost a decade, Alejandrina Cabrera has had no trouble speaking her mind in this dusty Arizona border town.
Birth-control fight unlikely to hurt Obama, his strategists say
Democratic strategists think that most U.S. Catholic women believe birth control should be available and that people who oppose Obama because of a new rule for employers would not vote for him anyway.
Even as angry Catholic leaders vow to fight a new federal requirement that most employers include contraceptives in their health insurance coverage, the Obama administration believes any political damage will be limited because it's on the side of women's rights.
