Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) has picked up some votes in the first day of counting absentees in her stunningly close primary battle with challenger Joe Miller. But there may not be enough votes out there for her to win in the end.
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The panel recommended the House ethics committee look into whether Republicans John Campbell of California and Tom Price of Georgia and Democrat Joseph Crowley of New York allowed political contributions to improperly influence their voting on the financial overhaul bill.
The contest has turned nasty, with accusations flying between Adrian Fenty, who is seeking a second four-year term, and Vincent Gray, chairman of the D.C. Council. Still, the main differences between them seem to be personality and what they have to say about the city's schools.
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Even though it was a calmer summer for the health debate this year, a monthly Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that support has slipped for health overhaul.
The latest ScuttleButton winner is Antony Pate of Washington, D.C., who goes on to lash out at the previous week's puzzle. Apparently, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" was more acceptable than "Heroes and Villains."
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New polling from the Associated Press signals that on a wide variety of issues, those who are most passionate -- and disappointed -- in the way things are going are also those who are most upset about how President Obama and his fellow Democrats are handling things.
California lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposal to phase out and ultimately ban plastic grocery bags statewide. But plastic industry trade groups are lobbying hard and spending thousands to defeat the ban.
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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs talks to Steve Inskeep about President Obama's address to the nation on Iraq on Tuesday night. They also discuss the economy and the outlook for Democrats in the midterm elections.
James Traficant, the former Ohio Democratic congressman who was expelled in 2002 on corruption charges, now looks like he will make the ballot in his state's 17th Congressional District as an independent.
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The mother of The Brady Bunch, a former NFL quarterback, one of the self-proclaimed "guidos" from Jersey Shore and the daughter of Sarah Palin are among the celebrities who will cha-cha-cha on the 11th season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck drew a huge crowd to the National Mall for a rally on Saturday. Attendees expressed alarm over the country's direction and government spending, but politics wasn't the only focus at the rally. Beck used the event as an opportunity to challenge President Obama's religious beliefs, saying Obama "is a guy who understands the world through liberation theology, which is oppressor and victim." NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
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Gen. David Petraeus makes fighting corruption a fundamental part of his strategy to turn Afghanistan around. But while he warns his troops about striking financial deals with potentially unreliable allies, the CIA is prosecuting its part of this war by doing exactly that.
President Obama was in New Orleans Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The trip focused on the city's struggles and triumphs since the storm and devastating flooding left much of it under water. And the president told residents that help from the government is a long-term commitment.
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The Southern Governors' Association wraps up its annual conference in Birmingham, Ala., Monday. State officials at Sunday's meeting heard from BP CEO Bob Dudley, claims czar Kenneth Feinberg and Thad Allen, the government's point person on the oil spill recovery.
The conservative broadcaster drew thousands to the National Mall on Saturday. Along with Sarah Palin, he spoke of turning back to God.
President Obama goes to New Orleans Sunday to mark the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It was five years ago when the monster storm roared ashore in Louisiana and Mississippi and sent a 30-foot-high wall of water crashing into the coast. Host Liane Hansen talks with NPR's Mandalit del Barco.
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The governor will face one of 10 Republicans and a Mountain Party candidate in the race to fill the remaining two-plus years left on the seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd.
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In the Louisiana Senate primary, GOP incumbent David Vitter will face Rep. Charlie Melancon (D) in November. In West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic primary for the seat long held by Robert Byrd, and will face John Raese (R).
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Washington, D.C., became a crossroads of American politics Saturday, when two rallies represented two very different ideas of what this country should be. At Glenn Beck's conservative rally, a church picnic atmosphere pervaded. Meanwhile attendees at Al Sharpton's gathering insisted they weren't there to disrupt.
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Conservative TV host Glenn Beck is hosting a rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Saturday. It's a day that coincides with the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR news analyst Juan Williams about the heightened cultural sensibilities lately and how such issues are fueled and affected by partisan politics.
From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck told a crowd of tens of thousands of people, "Something beyond imagination is happening."
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Rod Blagojevich's guilty verdict made him the second consecutive Illinois governor to be convicted of a crime and the fourth in less than 40 years. And it's not just governors. Hundreds of other Illinois public officials have been convicted in a state that some call the "corruption capita," of the nation.
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A campaign staff member for Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Joe Miller was told to exercise more caution Friday after sending a tweet that appeared to liken a possible party switch by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Miller's GOP rival, to prostitution.
Attorney Gregory Reed unveiled some documents, letters and a booklet Thursday at a Detroit mosque, including a rare 1933 signature of Nation of Islam founder W.D. Fard. Reed said the well-preserved documents detail the early structure and teachings of the group founded on the ideals of black nationalism.
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