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Tea party victory: Rand Paul wins Kentucky GOP Senate primary
Rand Paul defeated Republican establishment favorite Trey Grayson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, a closely watched race that was a test of the tea party movement’s strength. Paul, the son of former presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, on Tuesday gave a tea party activist a key win…
As al-Maliki edges toward power, former Iraqi premier warns of looming civil war
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a major step toward staying in power on Saturday when a top Shiite cleric said he would not stop him from keeping his job, but an arch-rival warned of civil war. A spokesman for Moqtada al-Sadr, a radical, anti-US cleric who is currently living…
14-term congressman loses seat in West Virginia
Representative Alan Mollohan, a 14-term Democrat, has become the first House member of the 2010 campaign to lose a re-election bid after a West Virginia state senator defeated him. Unofficial returns from Tuesday’s election showed state Senator Mike Oliverio leading Mollohan 56 percent to 44 percent in the primary vote…
British PM Brown stepping down as Labour leader
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday he will stand down as Labour leader by September, and that his party is to hold formal talks on a power-sharing deal with the Liberal Democrats. Brown said he would “ask the Labour party to set in train the processes needed for its…
Obama is biggest recipient of BP’s political action cash in the last 20 years
President Barack Obama is the biggest recipient of BP political action committee donations of any political candidate in the last 20 years, according to the Center for Responsive Politics and an analysis published Wednesday by Politico. Obama’s take from the company whose drilling site is leaking tens of thousands of…
Obama kicks off 2010 campaign season with Dems, GOP in statistical dead heat
President Barack Obama Monday launched the Democratic mid-term election campaign, urging his young, multi-racial supporters to thwart what an aide termed a Republican-induced “nightmare” at the polls. Democrats fear heavy losses in the November election, which could put their grip on Congress at risk, as opinion surveys show Obama still…
Iraq’s political future ‘in disarray’ ahead of US pullout
Iraq’s political future was thrown into disarray on Monday after two winning candidates in a general election were disqualified, prompting the United States to admit that progress was “lagging.” A judicial panel disqualified the winning candidates along with 50 others who failed to secure parliamentary seats, further complicating troubled efforts…
Wall Street-backed senator can’t explain why he opposes financial reform, asks reporter what’s wrong with it
Ted Kennedy’s replacement in the Senate doesn’t appear to be quite as articulate as his predecessor. Newly minted Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), elected to the late Kennedy’s seat in a special election, stumbled after reporters asked him why he opposed financial reform. The new legislation will take a financial toll…
FEC commissioner faces disbarment complaint after Raw Story report
The progressive non-profit network Velvet Revolution has filed a disciplinary complaint against Federal Election Commissioner Caroline Hunter with the DC Court of Appeals, asking that she be debarred for providing “misleading statements” under oath. Last month, Raw Story’s Brad Jacobson reported that when Hunter was serving as deputy counsel to…
Hayworth: ‘Panicked’ McCain trying to ‘encourage amnesia’
In an attempt to fend off the toughest challenge of his Senate career, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has unwittingly thrown his opponent fodder to use against him. “I never considered myself a maverick,” he told Newsweek’s David Margolick in interview. McCain’s primary challenger, former Republican congressman and tea party favorite…
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