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GOP prepares 100-day agenda for Senate takeover: report

Senate Republicans are preparing an agenda for their first 100 days in power next year in case they win majority control of the upper chamber, The Hill reported.

September 12, 2014

Michigan voters weigh Congress control, lean Democrat in U.S. Senate race: poll

Michigan voters are weighing the nation's impact of their vote in the state's U.S. Senate race and leaning toward keeping it in Democratic hands, according to the latest poll.

September 12, 2014

Women voters boost N.C. Sen. Kay Hagan into lead: poll

Sen. Kay Hagan has opened her largest lead in the race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, topping Republican challenger Thom Tillis by 6 points in a poll released Thursday.

September 11, 2014

Kansas Senate race heats up, hurts GOP hunt for majority

Kansas' longtime Republican Sen. Pat Roberts has suddenly found himself in tough re-election fight, jeopardizing the GOP's quest this year to win majority control of the upper chamber.

September 11, 2014

America siding with GOP in terror fight at record high: poll

More than ever before, Americans have more confidence in Republicans than Democrats to protect the country from terrorists, according to a new Gallup poll released Thursday.

September 11, 2014

Michelle Obama to stump for Bruce Braley in Iowa

The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa will get welcome a White House visitor on the stump — just not President Obama.

September 11, 2014

Democratic lawmakers press for details of Obama’s war plan

Democratic lawmakers rallied Thursday behind President Obama's strategy to destroy the terrorist army known as Islamic State, but also pressed for more details that would better assure them the plan will succeed.

September 11, 2014

Pennsylvania’s GOP governor sinking fast in re-election bid: poll

Democratic challenger Tom Wolf has a commanding 24-point lead over Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett in a new poll released Thursday, beating the incumbent on every issue with likely voters with just eight weeks until the election.

September 11, 2014

American fined $5,000 for border jump with bike

U.S. Border Patrol agents slapped a $5,000 fine on an American citizen this week for slipping into the United States from Canada on a mountain bike, the agency announced Wednesday.

September 10, 2014

Dick Cheney: Obama’s ‘distrust’ of using American power fanned world chaos

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that President Obama's non-interventionist agenda and disengagement abroad gave rise to the terrorist army known as the Islamic State and other turmoil around the globe.

September 10, 2014

NRA enters West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito picked up a National Rifle Association endorsement in the race for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, the gun rights group announced Wednesday.

September 10, 2014

Support drops for ‘path to citizenship’ for illegal immigrants

American's support has waned for immigration reform that gives illegals a path to citizenship, and more voters now trust Republicans than Democrats to handle immigration, according to a national survey.

September 10, 2014

More bad news for Senate Democrats: GOP favored in key regions

Voters in key regions want Republicans to win control of the U.S. Senate, making it that much harder in an already tough year for Democrats to hold onto their thin majority in the upper chamber, said a new poll released Wednesday.

September 10, 2014

America feel more unsafe than anytime since 9/11, ready for military action on Islamic State: poll

The brutal beheadings of journalists by the terrorist army known as Islamic State has shaken America to its core, with more people saying the United States is less safe now than at any point since 9/11, said a new poll released Wednesday.

September 10, 2014

Elizabeth Warren demands jail time for Wall Street bankers

Sen. Elizabeth Warren ripped Federal Reserve officials Tuesday for not putting a single Wall Street banker behind bars for their role in the financial collapse.

September 9, 2014

Welfare for marijuana: Sen. Jeff Sessions tackles dispensary loophole

Welfare recipients can't use their EBT cards at liquor stores but they can at marijuana dispensaries in states such as Colorado that have legalized pot, Sen. Jeff Sessions revealed Tuesday.

September 9, 2014

Rep. Jan Schakowsky discounts threat from Islamic State

After a classified briefing by CIA officials, House Intelligence Committee member Jan Schakowsky said Tuesday that the terrorist army known as the Islamic State is not an "immediate critical" threat to the U.S. homeland.

September 9, 2014

Dick Cheney talks terror with House GOP

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday told House Republicans that President Obama has made the U.S. look "weak around the world" and he let the terrorist threat grow on his watch, reported The Hill.

September 9, 2014