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Voter turnout for Democrats has hit historically low levels in this year's primary elections, an American University study shows.

Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Summer" is not even a word. That's something no one can "refudiate."

The mayor of Dublin, Georgia, is expected to sign an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits the wearing of saggy pants.

Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The president’s initiative would create jobs quickly by emphasizing long-term transportation projects like roads, rail and airport runways.

Arizona governor says she was wrong when she claimed that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert as part of border-related violenceMan Donates $1.5M to Defend Arizona Immigration Law

In the wake of a new jobs report showing increased unemployment, President Obama today said the steps his administration has taken to improve the economy are working, but not fast enough.

It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory. Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled and stammered through her opening statement during a televised debate Wednesday night, suffering through an embarrassing, cringe-eliciting pause that lasted more than 10 seconds.

Senator Lisa Murkowski conceded in her Republican primary race to Joe Miller, a lawyer from Fairbanks backed by Tea Party activists and Sarah Palin.

A longtime Texas congresswoman pledged to return more than $20,000 in donated funds meant for needy students after it turned out that she gave the scholarships to her relatives and those of her staff.

The California Assembly overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that will impose harsh penalties on paparazzi who drive recklessly to get pictures of celebrities.

For the first time since the end of her father's 2008 presidential bid, Meghan McCain, Sen. John McCain's daughter, spoke out about Sarah Palin, writing in a new book that Palin brought "drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty" to the losing campaign.

It's one heck of a head start heading into November. The margin is by far the largest ever earned by the GOP since the polling firm began tracking the generic ballot question — asking whether voters prefer a Democrat or Republican congressional candidate — in 1942.

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Monday as U.S. troops prepared to end combat operations on Tuesday.

Conservative commentator says, "People aren't recognizing his version of Christianity."