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Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON AND SOPHIA TAREEN; Associated Press U.S. POLITICS CHICAGO -- Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. quietly resigned Wednesday, effectively ending a once-promising political career months after the son [...]

Byline: BRIAN BAKST AND HENRY C. JACKSON; Associated Press FRANKEN WIN COULD MEAN 60th VOTE ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Arlen Specter's switch has turned up the heat on Minnesota's long-simmering [...]

POSTVILLE, Iowa An immigration raid that arrested nearly 400 people in northeastern Iowa scarred a small town and tore families apart, residents said Saturday. Dozens begged a visiting congressional delegation [...]

DES MOINES, Iowa As spring planting nears, farmers are making a choice that could affect what Americans pay for everything from car fuel to chicken wings. If they choose to [...]

* THE ALMOST MOON, by Alice Sebold; Little, Brown and Co., 304 pages, $24.99. Even under the best circumstances it's hard to imagine conjuring much sympathy for someone who casually [...]

Byline: HENRY JACKSON AND MARK SCOLFORO; Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS -- The difficult job of extracting tonnes of broken concrete, metal bridge beams and submerged cars from the Mississippi River was [...]

Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON; Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS -- Fears that the death toll would rise dramatically as workers searched through the wreckage of a Minnesota bridge that plunged into the [...]

DUBUQUE, Iowa Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday said the United States will have to abandon it's efforts in Iraq, regardless of the costs, if serious reforms are not made [...]

DES MOINES, Iowa Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson thinks the race for his party's nomination will be all but over by the end of next January after the first four [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of James Comey (KOH'-mee) to be director of the FBI, [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of James Comey to be director of the FBI, clearing [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday pressed forward with a reporter shield bill that includes new Justice Department [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has confirmed Wyoming Attorney General Gregory Alan Phillips for a seat U.S. Court of Appeals for the [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate subcommittee is investigating allegations that the deputy inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security engaged in [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Internal Revenue Service official refused to testify Wednesday before a House committee examining his relationship with the CEO [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Internal Revenue Service official is refusing to testify before a House committee examining his relationship with the CEO [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- His voice steadily rising, Rep. John Lewis couldn't hide his distress with the Supreme Court's decision to strip a [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act is drawing emotional responses from minority lawmakers. Recounting their roles [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON, JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Until this week, Rep. Todd Akin was virtually unknown beyond his suburban district, associated more with [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON, JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Until this week, Rep. Todd Akin was virtually unknown beyond his suburban district, associated more with [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON, JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Until this week, Rep. Todd Akin was virtually unknown beyond his suburban district, associated more with [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON, KRISTEN WYATT DENVER (AP) -- Meet the newest campaign issue for House Democrats: Todd Akin. From Colorado to New Hampshire to Illinois, [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON, KRISTEN WYATT DENVER (AP) -- Democrats in several states are already using the incendiary comments about rape made by Missouri Rep. Todd [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CALVIN WOODWARD, HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- In his debut as Mitt Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan promised 'America's comeback team' won't duck tough [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CALVIN WOODWARD, HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- In his debut as Mitt Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan promised 'America's comeback team' won't duck tough [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: DAVID A. LIEB, HENRY C. JACKSON JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Rep. Todd Akin, who played up his tea party credentials and conservative appeal, broke [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: DAVID A. LIEB, HENRY C. JACKSON JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- In Republican Senate primaries, Sarah Palin has had the winning touch -- until Tuesday. [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: DAVID A. LIEB, HENRY C. JACKSON JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Rep. Todd Akin, who played up his tea party credentials and conservative appeal, broke [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: DAVID A. LIEB, HENRY C. JACKSON JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Rep. Todd Akin, who played up his tea party credentials and conservative appeal, broke [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- All along, the Republicans have considered Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri one of their top targets in the [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- All along, the Republicans have considered Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri one of their top targets in the [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans have long considered Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri one of their top targets in the Senate this [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans have long considered Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri one of their top targets in the Senate this [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ted Cruz's Senate primary victory in Texas will provide a boost for tea party-backed, no-compromise conservatives in Congress. His [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ted Cruz's Senate primary victory in Texas will provide a boost for tea party-backed, no-compromise conservatives in Congress. His [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: HENRY C. JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Freshman Republican Rep. Joe Heck sees no reason to back down after voting for a Republican budget plan that [...]