Republican News

Less than a week before Sen.-elect Al Franken is set to be sworn into office, a new national poll shows that 44 percent of voters have an unfavorable view of the former comedian and liberal radio host.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down -- throwing into question whether she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

July 3, 2009 - -- Authorities say a Mandan man is accused of making a telephone threat to Sen.

Gov. Bobby Jindal signed two bills Thursday that aim to reduce Louisiana's school dropout rate by lowering educational standards and creating a new "career track" high school diploma.

LAS VEGAS - The clogged tourist travel route between Southern California and Las Vegas has been designated a federal high-speed rail corridor, in a move that officials hope would signal increased cooperation between the regions on building speedier train travel.

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.

President Barack Obama hugged a cancer patient Wednesday at an emotional forum before a supportive audience and vowed to bring greater efficiency and accessibility to the nation's health care system.

The Louisiana Board of Ethics is asking Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto a bill that broadens an exception to a $50 cap on lobbyists' wining and dining of lawmakers and other public officials.

When Republicans try to make Rep. Michele Bachmann reverse her cries of conspiracy, you know something isn't right.

A Puerto Rican civil rights organization advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor campaigned against seating conservative Robert Bork on the high court in the late 1980s, according to new documents that shed light on the group that's become a key focus of Republicans questioning Sotomayor's fitness to be a justice.

Ex-U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu tells The Associated Press he will not run next year for the Senate seat being vacated by fellow New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg.

A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit by a former cocktail waitress who accuses Nevada Gov.

U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett has become the first South Carolina congressman to ask Gov.

Two top contenders for Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial nomination say they have raised a combined $5 million through the six-month fundraising period that ends at midnight.

The nation's first hydrogen-powered fuel cell locomotive has made its first trip, although it was just a short one.Officials from BNSF Railway Co.

An effort to save the only public in-patient mental health facility for teens appears to have come up short, and the New Orleans Adolescent Health Center is likely to shut down in the near future.

A A A' The Senate plans to hold a hearing next week looking into antitrust issues surrounding the Bowl Championship Series.

In this April 18, 2008, file photo Vietnamese workers process fillet from catfish at the Faquimex company in BenTre province, situated in the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.

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John Kline will have a prominent voice in the debate as the senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee.