Assemblyman Rory I. Lancman announced plans to challenge Representative Bob Turner in November, underscoring a belief that the Congressional district will not be eliminated in redistricting.

A federal judge said Monday that he will not attempt to block a Texas law requiring women to have a sonogram before having an abortion.

The four-year measure will speed the modernization of the air traffic control system toward the era of satellite navigation.

Authoritarian rulers have long viewed pro-democracy groups financed by the United States with deep suspicion, but never has a government gone as far as Egypt’s.

A planned memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Frank Gehry as the architect, has raised hackles within the Eisenhower family.

A Republican fund-raising advantage among outside groups has led the White House to change course and use surrogates to encourage donations to a “super PAC.”

Lawmakers in both parties say they want to give doctors a small increase in Medicare payments, but they cannot agree on how to pay for it.

Mitt Romney waded into the debate over the regulations backed by the Obama administration that require some religious groups that provide health care coverage to their employees to cover contraception.

Ronald Reagan's former political director, Haley Barbour, chides fellow Republicans for the risky mistake of recalling him as if he were an ideological purist.

Chrysler’s Super Bowl ad provided yet another reminder that in today’s polarized political climate, even a football championship can be thrust into a partisan light.

With Rick Santorum poised to do well in the Minnesota caucuses, the Romney campaign issues statements attacking him on spending.

As the candidate approaches primaries in states where his religion could be an advantage, more supporters say his values are the bigger issue.

Campaigning in Colorado a day before the state caucuses, Newt Gingrich says neither he nor Rick Santorum will drop out to give the other a better chance against Mitt Romney.

The Obama campaign said it was refunding more than $200,000 raised by the family of a casino magnate linked to violence and corruption in Mexico who has been seeking a pardon.

Suspicious of government initiatives, protesters linked to the Tea Party are denouncing all manner of measures they equate with a 1992 United Nations resolution, Agenda 21.

The front wheels have lifted off the runway. Now, Americans are waiting to see if the economy can truly get aloft.

Gingrich sees parallels between the Obama and Carter administrations on Mideast policy.

The disgraced lobbyist, out of prison and on a book tour, tells a reform-minded crowd he won't divulge all he knows because he doesn't want to put anyone else behind bars.

Now that Nevada has finally finished counting ballots, there are three interesting data-driven takeaways from the state.

An ad from a pitched Senate race draws complaints about racial insensitivity.