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There is a politician's playbook for coping with an extramarital affair that explodes into scandal.

Wichita Falls' congressman supports legislation to keep secret dozens of photographs of detainee abuse.

President Obama recently reignited the immigration debate when he told reporters that congressional leaders of both parties were ready to "actively get something done and not put it off until a year, two years, three years, five years from now, but to start working on this thing right now." In the months ahead, keep an eye on two things: the ...

On Wednesday, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford reneged on a promise to release financial records of his trips to see his mistress.

What do Mark Sanford , the conservative Republican, and John Edwards , the populist Democrat, have in common? Answer: They were both born in South Carolina except for Sanford, who was born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

How long can Sanford hang on? Since he confessed his affair last week, South Carolina Gov.

Please let it be Lindsey. Please let Lindsey be the GOP's new "it" guy. Please. Political Wire reports:Jonathan Martin and Chris Cilliza rave about "an inspired performance" on Meet the Press by Sen.

Gov. Mark Sanford's family friend and political ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, is speaking out on where the governor goes from here.

The bombshell revelation that South Carolina governor Mark Sanford had disappeared to Argentina for a rendezvous with an extramarital romantic interest has failed to elicit calls fro the governor's resignation from the state's top officials-in part due to Bauer's politics, though another factor may also be at work: rumors that the state's ...

We'd all better hope that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is right. "This bill coming out of the House is going nowhere in the Senate,a he said SundayA on NBCa s a oeMeet the Press.a A TheA bill he refers toA is the Nancy Pelosi cram-down, with the support ofA eight wayward Republicans, of a cap-and-tradeA monstrosity guaranteed to raise the cost of ...

In this photos released by ABC, President Barack Obama's top adviser, David Axelrod, is interviewed on ABC's show "This Week" in Washington Sunday, June 28, 2008.

South Carolina's U.S. senators today declined to defend Gov. Mark Sanford's mysterious trip to Argentina, both saying they simply didn't know the truth behind Sanford's decision to disappear for a long weekend without informing his family or top staff where he was going.

Read the comment policy: no drive-bys, and if you bring information and humor you will be fine... June 23, 2009 Shame on ABC News and Fortune .

In a wide-ranging midday press conference, President Obama took on Republican critics of his stance on Iran, directly targeting former rival Sen.

The U.S. state of South Carolina faces economic problems that would tax any governor, let alone one embroiled in a sex scandal and fighting for his political survival, economists and politicians said on Friday.

COLUMBIA - Minutes after the press conference ended Wednesday at which Gov. Mark Sanford confessed to an affair, constituents of Sen.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ ABC's "This Week"-David Axelrod, White House senior adviser; Sen.

Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod weighs in on the Obama agenda and some key leadership tests: health care, energy, the troubled economy, and the administration's response on Iran.

President Barack Obama met with Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Thursday to try to work out a comprehensive immigration reform package, which would include a 'pathway to citizenship' for illegal aliens--a proposal that has failed twice before in Congress.

Launching a fresh effort toward a sweeping US immigration overhaul, President Obama said yesterday that a bipartisan bill on the sensitive and volatile political issue will be difficult but must get underway this year.