Republican operative gets big RNC post

Jim Conroy, senior political adviser to Governor Charlie Baker, wanted to be the Republican National Committee's northeastern regional political director so bad he applied for the job twice - and got shot down twice. The RNC announced Voccola's appointment Wednesday, a job in which she will consult with regional parties, set up victory campaigns, organize get-out-the-vote efforts, and create voter ID files.

Can Democrats Turn Activism Into Votes? Special Elections Might Be A Clue

Democrats have a long way to go to rebuild their party after brutal losses across the board last November. But they're seeing glimmers of hope in recent and upcoming special elections where they argue the backlash to President Trump is resulting in change at the ballot box.

GOP congressman says special prosecutor needed to investigate Russia election meddling

California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa said a special prosecutor is needed to investigate into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Bill Maher asked Issa during an interview on his show Real Time about reports that members of President Trump's campaign had contact with Russian officials.

Hugh Hewitt: What ‘President Promise-Keeper’ should say on Tuesday night

"Ghostwriting" isn't really what happens in a presidential speechwriting shop. There's too much back and forth between the president and his writers to say a speech was actually ghosted for a president when it's a big one like President Trump's first address to Congress Tuesday night.

Letter: National Guard story invents controversy where there’s none

Letter: National Guard story invents controversy where there's none Saw your front page article about the National Guard being used to round up illegals. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2luyA5S Donald Trump and John McCain have been sparring publicly from the beginning of Trump's campaign for presidency, which began in June 2015.

President Trump Held a Re-Election Rally After Just a Month on the Job

Most presidents look to govern for a bit before returning to the campaign trail, but Trump isn't most presidents. "Life is a campaign," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his 30th day in office, as he made the brief flight up the Florida coast from the "Winter White House," his Mar-a-Lago club.

At conference of world leaders, McCain blasts Trump’s worldview

Without ever mentioning President Trump by name, Sen. John McCain used a speech in Germany on Friday as an international platform in an apparent blast at his fellow Republican's policies and worldview. At conference of world leaders, McCain blasts Trump's worldview Without ever mentioning President Trump by name, Sen. John McCain used a speech in Germany on Friday as an international platform in an apparent blast at his fellow Republican's policies and worldview.

Texas woman gets eight years in prison for voting

A permanent U.S. resident living in Texas has been sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally voting, a punishment that will probably result in the woman's deportation after she completes her sentence. On Wednesday, a Tarrant County , Tex., jury convicted 37-year-old Rosa Maria Ortega on two felony charges of illegal voting, for casting a ballot as a noncitizen in 2012 and 2014.

Romney: No regrets about criticizing Trump, but time to recognize ‘strong start’

Mitt Romney said Friday he has no regrets about criticizing then candidate Donald Trump in a stinging speech in Utah last year but now sees the new president as having "obviously gotten off to a very strong start." Romney, the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2012, told the Deseret News that he wishes Trump well despite having labeled him a "fraud" and a "phony" in a University of Utah speech last March.

Today in History: Jan. 23, 2017

On Jan. 23, 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called "Lame Duck Amendment," was ratified as Missouri approved it. In 1516, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who with his late queen consort, Isabella of Castile, sponsored the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, died in Madrigalejo, Spain.

Baby boy Archie Medwin goes missing with mother, Sheree, from Bittern, Victoria

'My mother raised me with everything I needed... she is no felon': Teen girl snatched from hospital 18 years ago by woman dressed as a nurse defends her abductor after they're found living together Texas teacher, 24, who had sex repeatedly with her 13-year-old student and got pregnant with his child gets 10 years in jail I don't see Trump as a 'legitimate president' - the Russians helped him win: Veteran Democrat congressman claims 'conspiracy' to beat Clinton Britain's royal rebel: Society photographer Lord Snowdon, the charming ex-husband of Princess Margaret who captured iconic images of the Queen and Diana, dies peacefully at home aged 86 'I'm really sorry.

How Mike Pompeo went from one of Trump’s biggest critics to one of his biggest fans

CIA Director Mike Pompeo speaks at a Senate committee hearing on Feb. 13, 2018, on Capitol Hill. He was nominated as the new secretary of state, replacing Rex Tillerson, on March 13. CIA Director Mike Pompeo speaks at a Senate committee hearing on Feb. 13, 2018, on Capitol Hill.