Former Hawaii lawmaker seeks bittersweet return to Congress

" U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa didn't want to leave Washington when she gave up her House seat to run for the Senate two years ago. But she hoped to fulfill the dying wish of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, a beloved Hawaii Democrat who spent five decades in office and wanted her to take his place.

Allen Harim celebrates the grand re-opening of its Harbeson, Del. facility

Allen Harim, a leading producer and processor of chicken on Delmarva, hosted Delaware Governor Jack Markell, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, U.S. Rep. John Carney and a prestigious group of state and local dignitaries in a ribbon cutting ceremony to re-open its newly renovated Harbeson, Del. chicken processing facility.

Candidate Strickland apologizes for remarks about Justice Scalia

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland of Ohio is apologizing for remarks appearing to celebrate the death of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In audio of an appearance Monday before the AFL-CIO in Cleveland, the former Ohio governor is heard saying he didn't "wish anyone ill" but Scalia's death "happened at a good time" for union workers.

Ted Strickland says sorry: Ohio Politics Roundup

In this June 21, 2016, file photo, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center in Columbus, Ohio. Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland apologizes for "insensitive remarks."

Quinnipiac: Pennsylvania, Florida Senate Races Too Close to Call

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio, of Florida, and Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, are facing Democratic challengers in races that are too close to call, while Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is ahead in his race by 9 percent, a new Quinnipiac University Swing State poll released Thursday shows. Florida: Rubio, 48 percent; challenger Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy, 45 percent.

Disgraced Former US Rep. Mark Foley Spotted at Trump Rally

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress in 2006 in disgrace after sending sexually explicit messages to teenage congressional pages, attended a rally for Donald Trump in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Wednesday. Foley, who could be seen in the background in videos and photos of the event, raised his hand when Trump asked if the people featured in the seats directly behind the stage knew him.

Trump riffs to rowdy crowd in Broward

The Donald Trump who arrived to a rocking Broward County hockey arena Wednesday night wasn't the politician who read off a TelePrompTer when he accepted the Republican presidential nomination last month, or when he laid out his economic plan in Detroit earlier this week. On ISIS: "ISIS is honoring President Obama.

Despite home sale activity, new construction remains slow in Maryland

Even as home-buying activity in Maryland accelerated in the first six months of the year, construction of new houses has remained stubbornly low. Permits in Maryland for single-family homes fell 3 percent year-over-year through June, continuing to hover at less than 6,000 - about half the level of a decade ago.

Eldridge: Trump remark about Clinton, 2nd Amendment ‘no laughing matter’

Democratic senatorial candidate Conner Eldridge has issued a statement blasting Donald Trump' s comment yesterday suggesting a "Second Amendment " solution to avoiding Hillary Clinton appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Donald Trump's reference yesterday to individuals taking violent action against Hillary Clinton is astounding.

Trump says Second Amendment comment refers to ‘political power’

Hours after setting off fresh controversy during a speech in Wilmington, N.C., Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump insisted that he had not intended to encourage violence against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with his allusion to "Second Amendment people" who could stop the Democratic candidate from stacking the Supreme Court with antigun justices. " This is a political movement ," Mr. Trump said in an interview with FOX News afterward.

With Wisconsin primary over, focus shifts to November races

The hotly contested Senate rematch between Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold tops the list of races to watch in Wisconsin, along with an open congressional seat in the Green Bay area. It may be too soon to know whether Wisconsin will be a top-tier battleground state in the presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.

Donald Trump blames media for 2nd Amendment flap

On the defensive once again, Donald Trump is blaming faulty interpretations and media bias for an uproar over his comments about the Second Amendment. He's insisting he never advocated violence against Hillary Clinton, even as undeterred Democrats pile on.

Will a Latino name cost this judge his position?

This November's election is shaping up to be a blockbuster on the state and national level-with a close presidential race, and big contests for governor, other statewide offices, and the state Legislature. Who wins and who loses will tell us a lot about our priorities and even our mood as a statewide electorate.

Romeo and Juliet’s lessons for Trump and Clinton

Though it has been over four centuries since William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was written, the play's ultimate tragedy is still allegorical today for the unnecessary feud between Republicans and Democrats as they share the danger of GOP nominee Donald Trump Scarborough: The GOP should remove Trump as nominee Romeo and Juliet's lessons for Trump and Clinton Poll: One in five Republicans want Trump to drop bid MORE In Shakespeare's fair Verona, Romeo of House Montague steals a visit to Juliet, daughter of House Capulet. The tragic lovers meet in the Capulets' orchard - she by her balcony, and he below.

157 died in encounters with police in California last year

Violent police encounters in California last year led to the deaths of 157 people and six officers, the state attorney general's office said Thursday in a report that provides the first statewide tally on police use-of-force incidents. All of the state's 800 police departments supplied detailed data from 2016, including demographic information on the civilians and officers, the type of call that led to the violence and the officers' justification for using force.

Avoiding major upset, Paul Ryan wins GOP nomination

House Speaker Paul Ryan rejected the idea that his easy win Tuesday over a long-shot Republican primary challenger praised by Donald Trump spells danger for Trump's presidential prospects in the swing state of Wisconsin. All the huge primary win means, Ryan insisted, is that he's really well-liked in the congressional district where he was born and raised and has won election to represent since 1998.