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Dems focus on Jackson in hitting Va. GOP ticket

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:56:56 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Democrats sought on Monday to frame Virginia's bellwether races for governor and other statewide offices as a referendum on a conservative GOP ticket with particular attention to past comments by GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson likening Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan.

Law enforcement backs NC attorney general on SBI

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:56:11 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - North Carolina's Democratic attorney general is opposing a state Senate budget provision that moves much of an investigative unit from his department to one headed by an appointee of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

Woes notwithstanding, GOP savors a week of gifts

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:04 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia's Republican Party ticket heading into the state's November bellwether elections couldn't have imagined how the headlines that vexed them a week ago could unite and galvanize the party in a few short days.

Before conservative crowd, Cuccinelli moves middle

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:47:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's conservative activist attorney general, formally became the Republican gubernatorial nominee by acclamation Saturday in a noisy voice vote at a statewide GOP convention dominated for the first time by the tea party activists who adore him.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:03:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.

Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:18:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary.

Senate panel considers labor board nominees

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:22:12 -0400

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year.

New Malaysian Cabinet named to boost confidence

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:22:14 -0400

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's leader named a new Cabinet on Wednesday in an effort to restore confidence in a long-ruling coalition that won national elections last week with a smaller majority.

Durbin favors Pritzker as US Secretary of Commerce

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:10:04 -0400

CHICAGO - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce is an excellent choice to head the federal agency.

Hassan to nominate Beardmore to head DRA

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:01:19 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - Gov. Maggie Hassan announced Tuesday she is nominating her predecessor's budget director to head New Hampshire's revenue agency.

Branstad appoints deputy sec. of state as auditor

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:58 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - An accountant and former county auditor will serve as Iowa's next state auditor, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Monday.

GOP legislators use power to control local affairs

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:48:32 -0400

ATLANTA - Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but by Republican-led legislatures reaching into local governing decisions, often over objections.

Va. Lt. Gov. Bolling to sit out GOP convention

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:09:41 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Don't look for Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling at this month's Virginia Republican Convention, the party's statewide nominating process that he last year vehemently opposed and led him to abandon his gubernatorial quest.

Ex-Ind. governor, HHS head Otis Bowen dies at 95

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:53:05 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Otis R. Bowen, who overhauled Indiana's tax system as governor before helping oversee the federal response to the burgeoning AIDS epidemic during President Ronald Reagan's second term, has died. He was 95.

Charlotte mayor to speak at Livingstone ceremony

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:22:12 -0400

SALISBURY, North Carolina - Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx is giving the commencement address at Livingstone College in Saturday as he ends the week when he was nominated as for transportation secretary.

Obama nominates Pritzker, Froman for economic jobs

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:41:04 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday chose two old friends with corporate executive experience for top posts on his economic team, naming longtime fundraiser Penny Pritzker as Commerce secretary and adviser Michael Froman as U.S. Trade Representative.

Obama nominates Pritzker for Cabinet post

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:51:01 -0400

CHICAGO - A life-long Chicagoan from one of the city's most powerful families has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be his next U.S. Commerce secretary.

ElBaradei: Egypt leader will need opposition help

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:48:22 -0400

CAIRO - Egypt's leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday he believes the Islamist president will eventually be forced to reach out to the opposition because his group is losing support and isn't able to tackle the country's myriad problems alone.

Obama taps Foxx - NC mayor - to run Transportation

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:23:31 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights.

Charlotte Mayor Foxx gets seat on Obama's Cabinet

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:18:50 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A rising star in the North Carolina Democratic Party is heading to Washington for a position in President Obama's Cabinet that may one day help Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx seek higher office back home.

Obama taps Foxx - NC mayor - to run Transportation

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:28:10 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights.

Fight against terror takes pals to the White House

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:56:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama had gone to his residence after a difficult week when an urgent email brought him rushing back to the Oval Office. The suspect in the Boston bombings had been apprehended.

WH: Anthony Foxx in line for transportation post

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:02:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx as his new transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday.

Senate confirms new White House budget director

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:59:26 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed Sylvia Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to run the White House budget office. The vote was 96-0.