U.S. Rep. Steve King has said Americans should pick immigrants as they would a hunting dog and equated maintenance workers installing energy-efficient light bulbs to an oppressive police force. Some Republicans worry he’ll also be the U.S. Senate nominee in...
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, center, and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, right, look over their birds with guide Justin Hillman during a hunt at Doc's Hunt Club in Adel, Iowa, in this file photo.
Republican Tensions Displayed in Iowa Race to Replace Harkin
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The Miz and John Cena battle during their WWE match at the WWE Monday Night Raw Supershow Halloween event at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, in this file photo.
Glenn Beck’s WWE Smackdown
Professional wrestling fans won’t see Glenn Beck tonight when they tune in for Monday Night Raw. The WWE franchise invited Beck to appear on tonight’s show after the talk show host and conservative pundit panned as “stupid” a character with...
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A Tea Party protester in San Francisco, California.
Rove: ‘I Don’t Want a (Tea Party) Fight’ — with Fighting Words
Karl Rove says he isn’t at war with the Tea Party. Then he blasts the Tea Party groups complaining about his new venture into Republican primary races. Rove was speaking with fellow Fox News employee Sean Hannity last night to...
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio re-enacts the swearing in of Rep. Charles Boustany, in this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo.
2012 Congressional Elections (Finally) Over — 27th Incumbent Defeated (13 Redistricted Out)
This year’s House elections finally have concluded more than a month after the Nov. 6 presidential election and nine months after the first congressional primary. Louisiana Republican Charles Boustany won a fifth term on Dec. 8 by defeating another Republican...
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Tea Party supporters cheer at the Tea Party Unity Rally in Tampa, Florida.
Tea Party Inc.: Think Tanks, PAC Roil
The Republicans’ anti-tax Tea Party wing, which failed in its goal to oust President Barack Obama and the Senate Democratic majority, is rising to leadership positions in policy and activist groups that have guided the party’s direction for years. South...
Read more »Senate Republicans: Picking Horses
Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, picked to run the Republican Party’s next run of Senate campaigns, says he wants to prevent Democrats from choosing Republican candidates in future elections. “I think it’s important for Republicans to initially make certain that...
Read more »Bachmann Ad: “Independent Voice” for Minnesota — as Election Nears
Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who leads the Tea Party Caucus in Congress and referred to President Barack Obama’s health-care law as “the crown jewel of socialism” during a short-lived presidential run, is adopting a bipartisan tone as she fights...
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Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., left, and his wife Miriam stand in front of a model of the company's Marina Bay Sands resort and casino during its grand opening, in Singapore.
Adelsons Go `West’ in Florida With $1 Million to Back Tea Party Favorite
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson continue to operate as a veritable political ATM – the Las Vegas-based casino executive and his wife recently funneled $500,000 apiece to help one of the most controvesial of Tea Party-backed Republicans, Representative Allen West of Florida. The combined...
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Teamsters General President James Hoffa, right, at a a rally.
Teamsters’ Hoffa on Tea Party’s `Cultural Revolution’
Organized labor is under attack because it’s the bullwark against a right-wing takeover of the United States, Teamsters President James Hoffa says. “There’s a war on workers,” Hoffa said at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington today. “We are...
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Tea Party member Carl Frederick at a rally for vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan at Miami University of Ohio on Aug. 15, 2012.
Tea Party Revels in Ryan on Ticket
Tea Party activists are taking a special pride in Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan’s ascendance to the Republican presidential ticket. The decision by Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, to name 42-year-old Ryan as his vice presidential running mate “is an...
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