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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand spent more than $3 million in the last two months as she gears up for her re-election bid, according to new campaign finance records

David Mejias, a candidate for state Senate and a former member of the Nassau County Legislature, was charged with menacing and stalking after he chased down an ex-girlfriend.

House Republicans are hunting for an election-season middle ground on which they can make promises to voters without providing enough details to be attacked by Democrats.

Eroding support for Democrats is roiling dozens of House races and boosting Republican confidence that the GOP will retake the House in November.

With Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's concession, more than a half-dozen tea party outsiders have won GOP Senate primaries, in part on promises to transform the way a Senate designed for collegiality operates.

Bell, Calif., the little town with the big salaries, is proving an irresistible spur to outrage for candidates across the state, from the governor's race to the contest for controller.

The rally organized by conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck was a prominent reminder of the disenchantment many Americans feel about Washington—a sentiment that provides both opportunities and pitfalls for the Republican Party.

Obama formally declared an end to combat operations in Iraq and, during an Oval Office address, planned to vow to refocus the government from prosecuting wars to rebuilding the economy.

Sarah Palin is taking more steps that are sure to keep speculation alive about her possible 2012 presidential ambitions.

Gov. Pawlenty acted to block Minnesota from tapping some money, citing undue intrusion by the federal government into state and private affairs.

Former magistrate Joe Miller clung to a slim lead over Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP Senate primary in the first official count of absentee ballots by the Alaska Division of Elections.

The New York State Independence Party promised last month the return of money allegedly stolen from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but as of Monday afternoon Manhattan prosecutors had not received a dime.

President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope between pressing his Mideast foreign-policy priorities and keeping an eye on the domestic issue that will determine his Democratic Party's political future, the economy.

Congressional investigators are questioning a half-dozen lawmakers for possibly misspending government funds meant to pay for overseas travel.

Incumbent Sen. David Vitter has easily won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.

It will be a three-way race for the late Robert C. Byrd's U.S. Senate seat in November as voters decided to pit Democrat Gov. Joe Manchin against Republican John Raese and Mountain Party's Jesse Johnson.

West Virginia Republicans have selected Morgantown businessman John Raese to challenge for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd.

This time last year, Joe Miller was augmenting his income from his private legal practice by working as a part-time attorney. Now he's on the brink of what would be one of this year's biggest political upsets.

The string of bad news about housing, employment and growth has led Democrats to an inescapable conclusion: The economy is not likely to improve in time to help them in the fall elections.

Democrats and the White House are stepping up attacks on the conservative group Americans for Prosperity and Koch Industries, whose leaders have backed the group among other conservative causes.

It's become increasingly dangerous for lawmakers of either party to compromise with the other side, as this year's races show.

Florida Republicans extended a wary hand to their new gubernatorial nominee, Rick Scott, who attacked them during the campaign, as Democrats reckoned with their own divisions.

Tea-party favorite Joe Miller appeared close to ousting Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, leaving former Gov. Sarah Palin poised to draw more blood in a long-running feud with the Murkowski family.

The three Republicans vying to challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand have come to a rare kind of agreement: that their own state party leader has not done a good job.

California passed legislation creating a health-insurance marketplace, a move set to be echoed across the country as states take steps to implement federal law.

Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski trailed conservative opponent Joe Miller in a surprisingly tight race that's too close to call.

The leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union have agreed to coordinate millions of dollars in spending to support pro-union candidates in the midterm elections.

House Republican leader John Boehner urged Obama to fire key economic advisers.

Florida voters will settle a pair of nasty primary fights today that pit veteran politicians against wealthy newcomers who claim to be more in tune with this year's angry voter mood. John McCain and Lisa Murkowski are poised to win bitter primaries in Arizona and Alaska.

An anti-Washington mood is opening doors to novice candidates from right and left. But the Modern Whigs have found it frustrating to try to spark a grass-roots uprising in the center.