WASHINGTON, D.C. — Facing lingering tensions in his party, the chairman of the Republican National Committee urged religious conservatives Saturday to support the GOP’s plans to expand.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party’s best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP’s post-2012 soul-searching may end up creeping...
Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) released the following statement after the U.S. House passed a bill to reprogram or transfer funds within the FAA budget to address the air traffic control furloughs created under sequestration.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is citing former opponent Todd Akin in a new fundraising plea for a Democratic congressional candidate in South Carolina.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Farmers in New York and New England will find it easier to secure a reliable labor force under sweeping changes to the nation’s immigration laws proposed in an 844-page bipartisan bill, Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s President-elect Nicolas Maduro said he won’t permit a march to protest a presidential election opponents said is illegitimate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama’s plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama’s push for tougher gun measures and expanded background checks has placed several moderate Senate Democrats facing re-election next year in a bind, forcing them to take sides on a deeply...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than other years since taking office, with 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and first lady Michelle Obama reported from book sales.
A senior defense official said the U.S. sees a “strong likelihood” that North Korea will launch a test missile in coming days in defiance of international calls for restraint. The effort is expected to test the North’s ballistic...
Local advocates for immigration reform gathered outside of the Aiken County Complex Wednesday morning, hoping to raise awareness in the community and get the attention of S.C. Rep. Joe Wilson.
MOUNT PLEASANT — Former Gov. Mark Sanford, long an opponent of using federal stimulus money as a way to help the economy, on Monday criticized the use of millions of dollars in those funds for the university research facility where his...
CHARLESTON — Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, on the campaign trail for her one-month congressional race against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, stressed the positive Thursday and refused to comment on her opponent’s past...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon said Wednesday it was deploying a missile defense shield to Guam to protect the U.S. and its allies in the region in response to increasingly hostile rhetoric from North Korea. The North renewed its threat to...