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After narrowly losing to 2nd district Congressman Joe Donnelly two years ago, Republican Jackie Walorski has claimed Donnelly's U.S. House seat in Washington after beating Democrat Brendan Mullen in a very tight race in Tuesday's election. Walorski won...

Democratic challenger Brad Schneider claimed victory tonight over freshman Republican Rep. Robert Dold in a North Shore congressional race tonight. Schneider leads by about 1,500 out of more than 252,000 cast with nearly 97 percent of precincts counted....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Democrats fought Republicans for control of the Senate on Tuesday after a bitter campaign marked by roughly $1 billion in outside spending in competitive races from Virginia to Montana. Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who...

NEW YORK -- In the days since Superstorm Sandy pummeled much of the Northeast with severe winds and torrential flooding, donations to the American Red Cross have been pouring in. The agency received nearly $35 million through early Friday morning, said...

We're closing in on Election Day, but the questions about what Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would do if elected are only growing larger. Rarely before in American history has a presidential ticket campaigned on such a blank slate. Yet, paradoxically, not...

For a politician crow is something you'd rather do than eat. For Gov. Martin O'Malley, that less-than-delectable bird is off the menu for now. September's jobs report, released Friday, brought the best numbers the state has seen in a long time. The U.S....

Corporate-sponsored groups have launched a campaign of litigation in the lower federal courts challenging the legality of the second major piece of President Barack Obama's legislative program, one that received a lot of attention in last week's first...

South Dakota is ranked ninth in the nation for economic growth and job creation, according to a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released this week. North Dakota, Utah and Texas are the top three states. They are followed by Virginia, Wyoming,...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Campaign cash from outside political groups is flooding into conservative states with close Senate races like Indiana, Arizona and Montana, where residents are more accustomed to local news promos between football games than...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Panther Racing hosted a job fair for veterans and their spouses Tuesday afternoon. It is part of a national initiative to employ 500,000 veterans and their spouses by the end of 2014. "My first child is due in December....

South Florida's job market is still shaky with economists looking at Friday's jobs report to see if the region is still experiencing a wobbly economic rebound from the Great Recession. Broward's unemployment rate rose last month to 8.1 percent from a...

The collapse of a soccer goal on a Howard County practice field has led the state's highest court to reconsider more than 150 years of personal injury law, in a case that could significantly improve injured plaintiffs' chances of winning payouts. The...