Elections
Arizona and Kansas sue U.S. over voter registration law
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Kansas and Arizona filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government on Wednesday, seeking court approval for states to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. The lawsuit brought by the two Republican-led states accuses an agency of…
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Democrat McAuliffe has lead in Virginia governor's race, poll finds
By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Democrat Terry McAuliffe is up 6 percentage points over Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli among voters likely to cast ballots in the Virginia gubernatorial election in November, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. McAuliffe, a…
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Associated PressLiberal groups sue IRS to stop campaign spending by tax-exempts
By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advocates for campaign finance transparency sued the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday to force it to deny tax-exempt status to groups spending funds on political activities, launching a legal case that tax lawyers said faced long odds. Ahead of the…
ReutersItaly's Letta meets centre right, fails to resolve problems
By Catherine Hornby ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta met with Silvio Berlusconi's center-right party on Wednesday to seek a solution to a stand-off that threatens his fragile coalition, but positions remained "distant", a government source said. Berlusconi's conviction for tax…
ReutersWill Liberals Scream for Howard Dean Again?
Howard Dean today became the latest Democrat to head to Iowa while skillfully dodging questions about whether he’s interested in running for president in 2016. Dean, a former Democratic candidate for president in 2004 and former governor of Vermont, has a long history with Iowa...
ABC NewsBut can the GOP revise the party?
By Bill Schneider The temptation for political parties to rewrite the rules after every defeat is irresistible. The Republican National Committee did not resist when it met in Boston last weekend. The committee passed a resolution aimed at limiting and controlling the 2016 primary debates. It…
ReutersThe latest on Detroit's Mayoral election mess
7 Action News looks at the latest in the mess surrounding the Detroit Mayoral Election.
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The WeekMali's Keita promises new government chosen on merit, not favors
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's president-elect Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pledged on Wednesday to choose a cabinet based on competence rather than party affiliation or family ties, a sign he will break a tradition of weak consensus governments. The comments were Keita's first since he won a strong mandate…
ReutersNew evidence IRS also targeted liberals, Democrats say
By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Terms associated with politically liberal groups such as "Emerge" and "ACORN" were used by U.S. tax agents to flag applicants seeking tax-exemption for added scrutiny, according to internal IRS documents released by Democrats on Tuesday. The memos, training…
ReutersSenator Alexander is latest Republican to face primary challenge
By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will be challenged by conservative state representative Joe Carr in the Republican primary next year, becoming the fourth incumbent Republican U.S. senator to face a primary challenge from the political right.…
ReutersWayne County Clerk speaks out
Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett speaks out about Primary Election controversy.
WXYZ-Detroit VideosTunisian union head mediates in political standoff
By Tarek Amara and Tom Heneghan TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union federation sought to mediate in the country's political crisis on Wednesday, holding separate talks with the secular opposition and ruling Islamists in search of a consensus on new elections. UGTT Secretary…
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AdChoices Fisher InvestmentsSponsoredOld order "remnants" flex muscle in Tunisian politics
By Tarek Amara and Tom Heneghan (Reuters) - Step by step, the once-shunned officials of Tunisia's old order have returned to the political scene and are turning up the pressure on the governing Islamist party Ennahda to make way for them. These so-called "remnants" from Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's…
Reuters[video] A third Greek bailout: The elephant in the room?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to keep Greece out of her election campaign, but the opposition has other ideas. Annette Weisbach has more from Berlin.
CNBCQuebec separatist government trails opposition Liberals: poll
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Quebec's separatist Parti Quebecois government, which wants independence for the French-speaking Canadian province, remains unpopular with voters and would lose an election held now, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Since winning a narrow minority government in the…
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Fringe GOP candidates King, Brown eye White House bids
The long slog to the 2016 presidential election is already starting and some improbable candidates are putting out feelers. Cases in point: Scott Brown and Steve King, who represent opposite wings of the ...
MarketWatchTenn. legislator to challenge US Sen. Alexander
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sen. Lamar Alexander's efforts to ward off a primary challenge from the right fell short Tuesday with Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr's announcement that he will mount a tea party challenge for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.
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