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Travis Childers will be dependent on his neighbors in Northeast Mississippi to have any chance of accomplishing what would be the nation's biggest upset of the November general elections.

Phil Griffin has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for the 7th District Commission position on the Rutherford County Commission.

Iagree with John Harral that the Coast would not exist today without the efforts of the Big Three following Hurricane Katrina, and that Sen. Cochran was the greatest of them all.

Saturday was congressional candidates' qualifying deadline in the state. Primaries are June 3, and the general election is Nov. 4. Longtime Sen. Thad Cochran of Oxford is challenged in the Republican primary by two-term state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville and Thomas Carey of Hernando.

Mississippi's Sen. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker joined Senate Republican in derailing a bill that would have expended $21 billion to enhance health care, education and job benefits for veterans.

Travis Childers of Booneville, the former 1st District U.S. representative, announced Friday he is running for the Senate seat held since 1978 by Republican Thad Cochran.

Presley meets with Senator Roger Wicker on Capitol Hill. Hey isn't that It was a busy day on the Hill in terms of star-gazing.

U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker on Wednesday said they are optimistic $10.9 million in disaster aid awarded to Mississippi will help the state's commercial oyster and blue crab industries recover from setbacks caused by flooding in 2011.

Today, Commerce Committee Chairman John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member John Thune, and Communications, Technology and Internet Subcommittee Chairman and Ranking Member Roger Wicker sent the following letter seeking input on the scope and impact of the STELA reauthorization from a diverse array of stakeholders, including satellite TV, ... (more)

The reaction of Mississippians to Defense Secretary's Chuck Hagel's preview of the president's fiscal-year 2015 defense budget plan has been pretty uniform.

Republican Sen. John Thune has offered a measure that would protect Olympians from being taxed on their medals and awards as they make their way home from Sochi, Russia.

Whether President Obama can be trusted to compel Iranian compliance with the naive nuclear deal struck in November is a recurring question.

Efforts in the House to delay increases in federal flood insurance premiums face determined opposition from watchdog groups that say taxpayers shouldn't have to subsidize coverage for homeowners who build or buy in high-risk areas.

Before a confirmation hearing for a top Pentagon official, two GOP senators are pressing the Obama administration for answers about Russia's violations of an arms control treaty.

Mississippi's congressional delegation -- one Democrat and five Republicans -- all voted for passage of the new Farm Bill, a huge piece of legislation ensuring program direction and the federal government's policy role with virtually every crop, plus federal nutrition assistance, where most of the money will be spent.

Tara DiJulio, communications director for Coats since he rejoined the Senate in 2011, recently announced she has accepted the dual positions of communications director for the House Foreign Relations Committee and Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the ranking Republican on the committee.

Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn 's bid for re-election got a boost this week from a GOP colleague and one of the top newspapers in his state.

Military retirees everywhere can thank Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker for their work and votes leading restoration of a retirement benefit level in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that otherwise would have reduced a cost-of-living adjustment for the retirement pay of members of the armed services.

Sen. Thad Cochran raised $500,000 for his re-election over the last month during a statewide tour that included stops in Jackson, Oxford and Gulfport, his campaign said.