Gay Marriage Stand Won’t Cost Ohio GOP Senator His Seat

Citing his college-age son, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman became the first Republican senator to back marriage equality. When Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio announced his decision to support marriage equality in March of 2013, he explained that his change of heart on the issue came after learning that his college-age son, Will, is gay.

GOP presidential nominee Trump plans major ad buy Monday

Donald Trump's campaign is planning its biggest ad buy to date - upward of $10 million on commercials airing over the next week or so. The campaign is expects the ads to air as soon as Monday in nine swing states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida, where the campaign has already been on the air, along with New Hampshire, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.

It Takes a Ruling-Class Village to Staff the White House

Lloyd Blankfein, left, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, is greeted by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a panel discussion entitled "Equality for Girls and Women: 2034 Instead of 2134?" at the Clinton Global Initiative on Sept. 24, 2014 in New York.

How the Machine That Created Barack Obama Keeps Power in Illinoisby…

Spendthrift and incompetent government has turned Illinois into a basket case. Barack Obama's adopted state ranks 47th in the nation in fiscal health ; and, as the Huffington Post reported in March, it's dead last in how much it leaves in the pockets of middle-class taxpayers.

Clinton argues that Trump is no typical Republican

Hillary Clinton is working hard to prove Donald Trump isn't a normal Republican - and down-ticket GOP candidates are just fine with that. Clinton went full blast against Trump's racism last week, the latest in a series of high-profile speeches aimed at disqualifying the GOP nominee by showing that he's much worse than the run-of-the-mill Republican.

Near Total Media Blackout on Hillary Clinton’s Sunday Mega-Fundraisers

Hillary Clinton attended two mega-fundraisers in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York on Sunday where she raised well over $3 million-and the media is not reporting on the Democratic presidential nominee's activities for the days. There are no articles on Clinton's Sunday fundraisers, just a one line mention with no details by the AP buried deep in a story about Clinton's rival Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Other than that, nothing, even though Sunday marks the start of a three-day fundraising blitz in the Hamptons by Clinton.

PolitiFact Florida screens claims in the U.S. Senate primary races

After months of being bombarded with campaign ads and mailers, Florida primary voters will decide Tuesday which U.S. Senate candidates will move on to the general election. We've been tracking the most visible candidates in both parties on our Truth-O-Meter for months.

Hillary Clinton’s faulty economic plan

One of the dumbest statements in modern times was Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's declaration that "the best way to stimulate the economy" is through food stamps and unemployment insurance. This economic mumbo jumbo defies basic common sense and helps explain why we still have more than 40 million Americans on food stamps - evidently, the more that get free food, the more prosperous we become.

Guide to Florida’s primary election; early Panhandle voting totals in Updated at

Florida voters will go to the polls Tuesday and select the nominees for U.S. Senate, decide whether to amend the state constitution to give a property tax break to promote solar energy and have a say in who should represent them in the U.S. House.

News Guide: McCain, Arpaio draw attention in Arizona primary

A challenge to longtime U.S. Sen. John McCain leads the lists of contests drawing attention in Tuesday's Arizona primary election. Here's a look at some of the races and issues: Sen. John McCain is seeking a sixth term, and his main challenger in the Republican primary is former state Sen. Kelli Ward .

A guide to Florida’s primary election

Florida voters will go to the polls Tuesday and select the nominees for U.S. Senate, decide whether to amend the state constitution to give a property tax break to promote solar energy and have a say in who should represent them in the U.S. House. Here's a look at the races and issues facing Florida on Election Day.

Clinton scores a hit on EpiPen drugmaker

Give Hillary Clinton credit for calling out Mylan NV for price-gouging on its Epi-Pen emergency allergy shot. While a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators initially raised a ruckus over the drug's 400 percent cost increase, it was Clinton's voice that brought pressure to bear on the company to reduce prices.

Public lands and the next president

For 100 years the National Park Service has kept faith with this saying, preserving our treasured public lands for us and future generations. These stunning natural wonders support countless jobs, inform our national spirit, and provide us all a place of spiritual refuge.

The rise of Tulsi: While congresswoman bucks political trends,…

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard stood before the nation on a stage in Philadelphia as a woman of the people, starkly juxtaposed to the corruption that left the Democratic Party reeling. Leaked emails indicated several of the party committee's major players - namely its chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz - had intentionally subverted the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders in favor of the establishment candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.