Authors: Jeanette Torres
Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown issued a statement on Tuesday calling on Elizabeth Warren -- his likely Democratic opponent in the state's hotly contested Senate race -- to release her law school applications in response to the questions about the recent...
Authors: Jeanette Torres
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) -- Keith Judd might have a future in presidential politics, provided he gets out of prison first.
Judd, who is currently serving time in a Beaumont, Texas, federal jail, collected 40 percent of the vote Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic presidential primary.
The...
Authors: Jeanette Torres
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(BURBANK, Calif.) -- Wearing his trademark sweater vest and bringing one as a gift for his host while appearing as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday, Rick Santorum explained why he endorsed Mitt Romney in a lukewarm email that was sent to his supporters.
“You endorsed...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Hemera/Thinkstock(MILWAUKEE) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary in Wisconsin on Tuesday. This means Barrett will go head-to-head with embattled Republican Gov. Scott Walker in the rare recall election on June 5.
Barrett, who also ran against Walker in 2010, was expected to win his party’s nomination....
Authors: Carmen Cox
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- It was a sweep for Mitt Romney in the presidential primaries in Indiana, West Virginia and North Carolina Tuesday. With three more victories under his belt, Romney moves closer to reaching the 1,144 delegates he needs to officially clinch the Republican Party’s nomination for...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- A proposed amendment to North Carolina’s constitution which would make marriage between a man and woman the only legal union recognized by the state has passed a statewide vote.
The referendum -- North Carolina Amendment One -- goes a step beyond outlawing same-sex marriage,...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., voted against taking up a version of the student loan bill offered by Senate Democrats and defended his vote by discussing the student loans he is still trying to pay off.
“I think I am one of the only senators here who still has a student loan,” Rubio...
Authors: Carmen Cox
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama Tuesday called for a better understanding of the challenges facing Asian-Americans, cautioning against the myth of the “model minority.”
“Your heritage spans the world. But what unites everyone is that in all of your families you have stories of...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Kris Connor/Getty Images(ANNANDALE, Va.) -- Asked if he was hoping to play a supporting role on the GOP ticket with Mitt Romney this fall, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell widely grinned as he brushed off a reporter’s suggestion at a Virginia stop Tuesday afternoon.
“The biggest thing I care about right now is the...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Mourdock for Senate(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Richard Lugar, the third-longest-serving member of the Senate, went down in a primary defeat Tuesday night to his Tea Party-backed opponent in the Republican primary.
State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, backed by Tea Partiers and conservative campaign groups outside the state, ousted Lugar in...
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