Mark Sanford redeems career, heading to Congress
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- In a story of political redemption, Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after his career was derailed by scandal four years ago.
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Sullivan backing Mass. GOP Senate rival Gomez
BOSTON -- Michael Sullivan is throwing his support behind fellow Republican primary rival Gabriel Gomez in the state's special U.S. Senate election.
Biden: Susan Rice has Obama's absolute confidence
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden is praising U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and her authoritative role in the Obama administration.
Obama: No easy answers on Syria
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says there are no easy answers to resolving the civil war in Syria and says he doesn't make decisions based on perceptions.
Obama: North Korea has failed again
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea can no longer create an international crisis with nuclear provocations, asserting the United States and South Korea are fully capable of defending themselves.
Sanford's quest for redemption rests with voters
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's quest for political redemption will be decided Tuesday, as one of the more unusual political campaigns in a state known for rough-and-tumble politics draws to a close.
Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
WASHINGTON -- Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers.
Corker: US moving closer to arming Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON -- A Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is predicting the U.S. will soon be "arming the rebels" seeking to overthrow Syria's Bashar Assad.
Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi
WASHINGTON -- Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go, according to a former top diplomat.
Bill would create Mass. flag safety beach program
BOSTON -- Lawmakers are weighing a bill that would create a uniform warning and safety flag program for all Massachusetts beaches.
Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales
WASHINGTON -- The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping -- for many a largely tax-free frontier -- to state sales taxes.
Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on guns
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden is asking pastors, rabbis and nuns to help make the moral argument to their followers for gun control legislation.
Mass. GOP candidate Gomez on his own for now
BOSTON -- Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is on his own -- at least for now.
Obama plays round of golf with 3 senators
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama took his congressional outreach effort to the green on Monday, playing a round of golf with a bipartisan trio of senators.
Candidates: Don't bury marathon suspect in Mass.
BOSTON -- The candidates vying in a special election campaign for a U.S. Senate agreed Monday that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev should not be buried in the state.
White House: Assad likely behind chemical arms use
WASHINGTON -- The White House says it's highly likely that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, not the rebel opposition, was behind any chemical weapons use in Syria.
Could immigration bill set off another backlash?
WASHINGTON -- As a Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation, advocates are watching warily to see whether relatively tame opposition balloons into the kind of fierce resistance that killed Congress' last attempt to overhaul the system.
GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay
WASHINGTON -- It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.
All about immigration: Green cards? Citizenship?
WASHINGTON -- This may be the year Congress decides what to do about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. After years of gridlock, there are ideas whizzing all around Washington.
Markey again asks Gomez to sign "people's pledge"
BOSTON -- Democrat Edward Markey is pressing his Republican opponent in the state's special U.S. Senate election to sign a pledge to discourage outside groups from spending money on TV, radio and Internet campaign ads.
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